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Ruth Lewis

@drruthlewis.bsky.social

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Sociologist & Senior Lecturer at University of Glasgow | Population health, sexual health & wellbeing, public involvement, qual & participatory methods, evaluation, systems thinking | she/her https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/healthwellbeing/staff/ruthlewis/

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Ruth Lewis @drruthlewis.bsky.social · Dec 18

Hey folks! Just moving over here from that other place and looking to re/build connections in
#AdolescentHealth
#SexualHealth
#Evaluation
#ParticipatoryApproaches
#PublicInvolvement
#SystemsThinking

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Yuan-Tao Huang @ythqual.bsky.social · 17d

Calling all UK Qualitative researchers working with Health-related Trials! We’d love your insights in a survey exploring your experience of the pace and timing of the qualitative research, as well as your experience of working with the trial team. 🔗 uofg.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control @ecdc.europa.eu · 29d

📢 #JustPublished!
Understanding sexual behaviour is key to preventing #STIs in Europe.

ECDC has reviewed recent sexual behaviour surveys to see what data we have – and how it can help improve STI prevention.

Read full: bit.ly/41I0Bw3

#SafeSex #SexualEducation #PublicHealth #STI

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Ruth Lewis @drruthlewis.bsky.social · Aug 1

Congratulations! 🙌

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School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow @uofgshw.bsky.social · Jul 29

Is a ‘crisis of masculinity’ evident in UK secondary student attitudes towards gender equality, gender stereotypes and sexual harassment?

Letter in JECH from Prof Kirstin Mitchell & the Equally Safe at School team picked up by The Times & BBC today.

doi.org/10.1136/jech...

@uofgnews.bsky.social

A classroom with pupils at desks listening to a male teacher. A female pupil with long hair has her hand raised to ask a question.

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Cristian Montenegro @crismontenegro.bsky.social · Jul 14

New article in Social Theory & Health, co-authored with
@judegreen.bsky.social, open access.

In a nutshell we argue that that lived-experience research is not the same as qualitative sociology in health research. The difference exists and matters.

Read here: rdcu.be/evZ7F

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Michael Seto @mcseto.bsky.social · Mar 27

Grateful to these sexuality and gender journal editors for this statement of support

Link is open access to Journal of Sex Research, kudos @cygraham.bsky.social @liamwignall.bsky.social and other signatories

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#AcademicSky

Screenshot of new open access editorial led by Cynthia Graham, published in Journal of Sex Research, titled "Statement on the Importance of Sexuality and Gender Research", co-signed by many editors of sexuality and gender journals.

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Ruth Lewis @drruthlewis.bsky.social · Feb 21

Protocol for our evaluation of #EquallySafe At School is out now in BMJ Open @bmj.com 👇

#WholeSchoolApproach
#GenderBasedViolence

School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow @uofgshw.bsky.social · Feb 21

📢 New paper explores how Scottish secondary schools can effectively address #GenderBasedViolence

The study focuses on the Equally Safe at School (ESAS) programme, a whole-school approach designed to prevent and respond to gender-based violence.

🔗 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/2...

Equally Safe at School - a whole school approach to preventing gender based violence

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Louca-Mai Brady @louca-mai.bsky.social · Jan 17

UK #PublicInvolvement #PPI news:
@nihr.bsky.social Centre for Engagement & Dissemination (formerly INVOLVE) to be hosted by @bmj.com group from 1/4. They will lead & coordinate 'Public Partnerships & Research Impact activities'.
www.nihr.ac.uk/news/nihr-in...
Will be watching with interest...
#PPIE

NIHR to increase commitment to Public Partnerships and Research Impact with new Coordinating Centre contract

www.nihr.ac.uk

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Carrie Purcell @drcarriep.bsky.social · Jan 16

📢Launched today: The Gender Pain Gap consultation on Pain in Sexual & Reproductive Health Procedures (UK).

Aim: To understand experiences, priorities & views of people with experience of painful procedures.

openeducation.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Open to 31 Jan. Please share widely!

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Kath Albury @katha.bsky.social · Jan 16

Worried about how Meta's new moderation policies will impact online sexual and reproductive health promotion? So am I! This piece is co-authored with my expert colleague & HDR student Joanna Williams: theconversation.com/metas-shift-...

Meta’s shift to ‘community notes’ risks hurting online health info providers more than ever

Between allowing more “free speech” and removing official fact-checking, Meta’s platforms risk becoming more hostile to public health organisations.

theconversation.com

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Peter van der Graaf @pvandergraaf.bsky.social · Jan 14

@northumbriaideas.bsky.social insightful presentation from Kathryn Skivington about the updated MRC guidance for evaluating complex interventions, which emphasises diversity of perspectives, voices and methods with a strong focus on knowledge mobilisation!

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Ruth Lewis @drruthlewis.bsky.social · Dec 18

Thanks - and you too!

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Healthy Working Lives Group @hwlg.bsky.social · Dec 17

2025 PPIE Conference at UofGlasgow - Call for Contributors! Seeking 15min presentations & posters. Submit 250-word abstracts by Jan 10 to [email protected]. NIHR-funded, expenses covered. Please share!

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Louca-Mai Brady @louca-mai.bsky.social · Nov 17

In an effort to build/rebuild online networks I've set up 3 starter kits in my main areas of research interest:
Links in the posts which follow - reply to be added.
And if you're in the intersecting areas, especially the middle bit, and we don't know each other already - do say hello 😊

Venn diagram with three intersecting circles: children and young people's health, inclusive public involvement and co-production and children's rights and youth participation

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Ruth Lewis @drruthlewis.bsky.social · Dec 18

Hi Louca-Mai, can I be added to this one too please? Thanks!

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Ruth Lewis @drruthlewis.bsky.social · Dec 18

Hi Louca-Mai, can I be added to this one please? Thanks!

Ruth Lewis @drruthlewis.bsky.social · Dec 18

Hey folks! Just moving over here from that other place and looking to re/build connections in
#AdolescentHealth
#SexualHealth
#Evaluation
#ParticipatoryApproaches
#PublicInvolvement
#SystemsThinking

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Kristina Saunders @kristina-s.bsky.social · Dec 18

Hi Bluesky! I wrote for @pillowtalkscot.bsky.social on the pain experienced during coil (IUD) fittings, removal and use, and the changes to reproductive healthcare contraceptive users in Scotland would like to see 1/2 pillowtalkscotland.substack.com/p/contracept...

‘It almost felt a bit barbaric’: Scottish contraceptive coil users speak out about pain

How much pain is ‘normal’ during a coil fitting? In Scotland, patients share their experiences of dismissed suffering and demand better from reproductive healthcare

pillowtalkscotland.substack.com

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Carrie Purcell @drcarriep.bsky.social · Dec 16

The report on our first year of the SRJ Scotland project - including the collaborative workshop in Glasgow in May - is now available here:

oro.open.ac.uk/101754/

We v much hope this is the start of a wider conversation through 2025 and beyond.

@ingridkyoung.bsky.social @julier282.bsky.social

The Open University

oro.open.ac.uk

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