Prof Social Work & Health Equity #UniStrathclyde HoD Social Work and Social Policy Founding Dir #StrathHealthPol Activist #EdRefugees #PHMScotland Views my own
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We really enjoyed having @JoeEHanley to speak as part of our seminar series yesterday. We had planned to post throughout but got caught up in such an engaging and important discussion on public perceptions of social work and the impact on social work identity. Thanks so much Joe!
It was great to have been able to speak to so many people today at the webinar organised by @StrathSWSPKE on The Social Work Public Perception Myth. The questions and engagement after the presentation were very motivating. I look forward to keeping the conversation going.
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I am giving a lunchtime talk next week in Edinburgh, @IASH_Edinburgh Come along if you are about and interested in Magdalene laundries and the politics of storytelling iash.ed.ac.uk/event/dr-louis…
Exciting being at @UniStrathclyde event on developing partnerships in Africa opened by Prof. Tracy Morse @nyanitm . Lots of great ideas for new collaboration @StrathSWSPKE
Neil Quinn retweeted
Emphasising #SocialWork’s role in contributing to a #SociallyJust 🏴 @socworkscot annual conference
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It’s that time of the year again!
More than 10 social policy students @StrathSWSPKE have signed up for the Placement module and are keen to contribute to the work of local third sector and governmental organizations. DM if you can host (one) of them and want to know more!
I am organising a Placement module for 3rd year students in Social policy at Strathclyde @StrathSWSPKE. If your organization does relevant work (if based in Glasgow it’s a bonus) and would like to host a student between January and April, please do get in touch!
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A great turnout for our departmental seminar on Mad Studies today @StrathHealthPol @Neil_quinny @CrimSocJust
Excellent thought-provoking seminar on Mad Studies by @drblefrancois from @MemorialU organised by @s_golightley from Department of Social Policy and Social Work @UniStrathclyde
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We are very excited about the launch of SHERU @ScotHealthEq today with @ProfKatSmith and @emma_nomics @StrathHealthPol @Strath_FAI
@ProfKatSmith from @StrathHealthPol and Department of Social Work and Social Policy @UniStrathclyde speaking at launch of SHERU @ScotHealthEq on patterns of health inequalities in Scotland and the ambitious SHERU Programme to address these challenges. @StrathSWSPKE
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Why @GwynneMP and @UKLabour and can afford to be bold on public health policy 👇
🧵Polling with @IpsosUK suggests there is broad public support for government to take bolder approach to public health policy.
On alcohol➡️45% of public support introducing minimum unit alcohol pricing, with 32% of people opposing the policy. Read more 👇
health.org.uk/news-and-comme…
ALT Bar chart showing responses to the question ‘To what extent do you support or oppose government intervention in the following areas of public health? 1. Banning marketing of alcohol products at sporting events, 2. Applying a minimum price for a unit of alcohol, to prevent alcohol from being sold at low prices, 3. Banning multi-buy promotions for alcohol in shops, for example “buy 15 beers for the price of 12 beers”’ showing that there is more support than opposition for bold policies on alcohol.
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Reducing child poverty would decrease infant mortality, number of children looked after, malnutrition and emergency hospital admissions - particularly benefiting the North of England @_HENorth
Great to see our modelling study looking at the impact of reducing child poverty on health inequalities getting picked up in the media today. Full paper available in
@JECH_BMJ here ➡️ doi.org/10.1136/jech-2024-22…
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We are the Scottish Health Equity Resarch Unit, an independent voice providing insights and scrutiny on the socio-economic factors that shape health inequalities.
We are a collaboration between the University of Strathclyde’s @Strath_FAI & @StrathHealthPol funded by @HealthFdn
Neil Quinn retweeted
Great #SPAconf2024 kick-off with a plenary panel on 'Fair Work and Employment Futures' in a packed @UniStrathclyde auditorium. Reflecting on how the values of our society are reflected in ideas of and approaches to work.
Neil Quinn retweeted
People in the UK believe in justice and compassion. But those values are being undermined by growing inequality and insecurity.
Our #manifesto shows how we can change that. The next UK government can work on #SecuringOurFuture, free from unjust poverty.
povertyalliance.org/manifest…
Important social justice message for social work educators from Professor Liz Beddoe at Joint Universities Social Work Association Conference #juswac2024
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Start of the Joint Universities Social Work Association Conference 2024. Really looking forward to 2 days of interesting papers, workshops, keynotes and networking. – at Kingston upon Thames, London
Inspiring presentation on challenging global and local injustices in current anti-woke discourse by Edith Lewis from Canterbury Christ Church University #juswac conference 2024
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The next UK Government can start to return justice and compassion to social security by scrapping
❌benefit caps
❌forced payment delays
❌smaller payouts based on age discrimination.
👇Read more in our #SecuringOurFuture manifesto.
povertyalliance.org/manifest…
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Hard to come to any other conclusion that poverty is a major contributor to preventable child deaths in the UK. Data below relates to England and Wales, so I wonder how welfare benefit mitigations for families in N Ireland and Scotland are impacting on this trend?
Today's @ONS stats show the devastating impacts of extreme poverty and deprivation on children's life chances.
The mortality rate for infants living in the most deprived areas in England was almost 3x higher than in the least deprived.
❌ This is not okay.
ALT A line graph showing the infant mortality rate by deprivation level of areas, England and Wales, 2010 to 2022. The graph shows that the mortality rate for infants living in the 10% most deprived areas was almost three times higher than for inflations living in the 10% least deprived areas, and is the highest it has been in the timeseries at a rate of 6.1 per 1,000 live births in 2022.
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Brilliant presentation by @macdonald_mandi from @QUBSSESW at #ECSWR24. Exploring digital communication for and with children and young people. – at Vilnius, Lithuania
