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Lessons for Scotland from @D_R_Williams1 @theGCPH talk?
(1) accept racism is endemic & (2) end our "peculiar indifference" to it; (3) ensure a diverse health & social care workforce;
(4) recognise poverty= <power & injustice as well as material disadvantage; (5) include racism as we develop ACEs policy; (6) learn from elsewhere! #GCPHSem17
In addition to systemic factors, discrimination and microaggressions are "daily assaults to dignity and hope". A major impact on health & mental health. #GCPHSem17
Racial inequities are not accidental - they are the system functioning as intended. Biological differences are *adaptation* not vulnerability. Prof Williams making crucial points for policymakers #GCPHSem17
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Getting started at this afternoon's #GCPHSem17 webinar! Our chair, Dr Ima Jackson, now welcoming everyone and setting the context for today's lecture by Prof David Williams on how racism shapes our health.
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Today, with @LankellyChase's support, we are delighted to publish a new collection of eight essays that explore how poverty, trauma and structural disadvantage create and perpetuate multiple disadvantage.
Read the collection here #KnowYourKnots👉revolving-doors.org.uk/blog/…
Speaking as a psychiatrist... this is inappropriate, unprofessional and represents a maladaptive professional culture. Cringe.
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The fury of ‘white people’ with Jon Snow shows a total lack of self-awareness on race theguardian.com/commentisfre…
“... you can’t fix stupid.”
Opinion | The United Kingdom Has Gone Mad - The New York Times nytimes.com/2019/04/02/opini…
Glorious: “then there’s pig ignorance – the genuine hallmarked, unadulterated, slack-jawed, open-mouthed, village idiot variety in which the people who are in charge of the British state don’t know stuff that anyone off Gogglebox could tell them.” irishtimes.com/opinion/finta…
I love this image. Previous CMO @HarryBurns16, FM @NicolaSturgeon and DFM @JohnSwinney focussing on @mcguigan_kim's brilliant talk about ACEs. Lived experience belongs at the heart of #ScotlandACEs.
Gerard Leavey & IMPACT study in NI: shows CAMHS transfers to adult MH is suboptimal. A “communication vacuum” needs tackled! #nrsmh17
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#publichealth and local govt teams responding to adverse childhood experiences will be interested in @DocResilience tour. New dates coming.
80% prediction @ 3y is shocking, important. go.nature.com/2h0o4QG Agree re risks of "myth of early-childhood determinism" & stigmatisation
Great paper- confirms much #ACEs work. 22% of most vulnerable children then face ~80% life problems. Open access. go.nature.com/2h0o4QG
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If the Land Registry is sold off, future income will outweigh one off cash in 25 years buff.ly/243XeI8
UK £377bn on social spending, inc. benefits and pensions, only £12bn on early years. "Disinvesting" in children. bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h378…
We know that "The criminal justice system fails catastrophically when women end up in
prison." Why so hard to change? bit.ly/1GXpgZj
More depressing reading: "many women in the criminal justice system were victims of abuse, manipulation & violence". bit.ly/1GXpgZj
Placement disruption a huge problem; useful description of risk factors here. But how to improve? xitter.cf/SocialCareElf/status/6…
How do we ensure foster placement stability for children? nationalelfservice.net/?p=18…