New 'online first' publication from Jenny Trinitapoli & Gertrude Finyiza on the value of listening in to 'population chatter': part of our forthcoming special issue on critical perspectives on #reproductive vulnerabilities journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

New commentary published 'online first' from Paul Ward & Belinda Lunnay on drawing on sociology of hope in public health journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

New 'online first' publication from Uzair Amjad on male infertility in Pakistan - part of an exciting forthcoming special issue on critical perspectives on reproductive vulnerabilities! journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

New online first Research & Practice Note from Hannah Bradby, Suruchi Thapar-Björkert, Beth Maina Ahlberg & Sarah Hamed: journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

Anti-abortion politics & changes in abortion, miscarriage & stillbirth across time and social strata in Turkey doi.org/10.55016/ojs... Paper in @cphjournal.bsky.social by @selinkoksal.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow Francesco Billari & Fellow @aksoyundan.bsky.social

Just published online first: paper from Hannah Newman, Louca-Mai Brady, Elspeth Mathie, Kathryn Almack & Wendy Wills on co-designing services with diverse communities journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

Good luck to the team setting up a new population health journal! Excellent news that the opportunities to publish public health research in scholarly community-managed journals is set to expand.

Really interesting look at placed based approaches to reducing #healthinequalities Supporting the reduction of power imbalances at a community level , that can increase health inequalities and the need to ..... "catalyse emancipation of currently disempowered and alienated communities"

Journal of Critical Public Health. Vol. 2 No. 2 (2025) Critical Metabolism: Towards a Metabolic Justice? Stephen Hinchliffe et al journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

Journal of Critical Public Health. Vol. 2 No. 2 (2025) Are Place-Based Approaches to Reducing Health Inequalities a Highway to Success or a Policy Dead-End? Gerry McCartney & Jennie Popay journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

Journal of Critical Public Health. Vol. 2 No. 2 (2025) "Unionization Rates and Health in Canadian Provinces, 2000–2020" Anupam Das, Ian Hudson &Mark Hudson doi.org/10.55016/ojs...

Latest issue now out! Editorial here from editors @judegreen.bsky.social & @lindsaymclaren.bsky.social journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

Online first! New paper from @kat-lauber.bsky.social, Nason Maani, Olivia Brown & @rebeccaglover.bsky.social on the pros and cons of 'crisis' framings journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

Congratulations to the editors of diamond OA Theory & Social Inquiry on their 1st issue - exciting to see so many excellent journals escaping coporate control! www.theoryandsocialinquiry.org/issue/1706/i...

We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Critical Public Health is now included in the Directory of Open Access Journals! #DOAJ @doaj.bsky.social

Solidarity to the editors resigning in protest at sale of the Amsterdam University Press (AUP) film, media and communication list to Taylor & Francis – Resignation of series editors and editorial board members mediastudies.hypotheses.org/6850

We are delighted to publish @colinlorne.bsky.social & Michael Lambert's paper on place-based reform, Wigan, & rejecting the politics of responsibilisation for 'left-behind'places - now on online first: journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

We are delighted to publish @colinlorne.bsky.social & Michael Lambert's paper on place-based reform, Wigan, & rejecting the politics of responsibilisation for 'left-behind'places - now on online first: journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

This paper is a much-needed critique of place based approaches in public health- noting problems of scale and sidelining of power relations

Only by putting prevention at the centre of all policy and funding decisions can we create the conditions for improvements in population health.

Just published online first: super useful new paper from @gerrymccartney1.bsky.social and Jennie Popay on limits to 'place-based approaches' for addressing health inequalities: journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

We now have 'on line first' listings! And first up, a great paper from Ian Hudson, Anupam Das & Mark Hudson on how higher unionisation rates are associated with lower mortality rates in Canada journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

Thanks to Somatosphere for adding relevant JCPH papers to their ever useful 'In the Journals' round up! somatosphere.net/in-the-journ...

Our apologies: there will be no access to journal content over weekend of 29th/30th March while we tidy up a few things on the website - should be back up by 14.00 GMT on Monday.

The #BSA Medical #Sociology Annual Conference 2025, 10-12 September 2025, Northumbria University, UK, *CALL FOR PAPERS* is now open www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

Our MedSoc 2025 call for abstracts is now open. Visit www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b... to find out more and submit your abstract. Closing date, 2nd May. We look forward to receiving your abstracts!

For more context, we posted about this here: criticalpublichealth.org/blog/2025/03...

@alt-hhs.altgov.info @altnih4science.bsky.social We recently got a paper back from a journal published by the US Surgeon General + US Public Health Service, where they asked us to change language and remove data "to comply with the Executive Order."

A piece from NZ, but likely to be useful elsewhere

#Culturalsafety / #antiracism programming for #healthsystems *everywhere* must address these racism-enabling…narratives: i) resource allocation, ii) responsibility, iii) (Māori) blaming, iv) too hard, and v) we tried.

Our latest editorial is now live! We were worried about rural health before, and now the evidence is rolling in—sadly, it seems that rural communities will, in fact, be left behind again... Read more ⬇️ and a link to the article published by @cphjournal.bsky.social

We are pleased to announce that our new issue has just been published! Vol 2 (1). Read, enjoy, let your colleagues know! journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

New Research & Practice note from Hannah L Brooks & colleagues: Ensuring that people who use drugs are safely and equitably included at meetings and conferences journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

New Commentary from @heathercame.bsky.social & colleagues on excuses for racism (& how to counter them) journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

New paper from Abby Taher, Elaine Power & George Pain journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

New paper: Sohail Jannesari & @sianoram.bsky.social on Mental health consequences of support for sanctuary seekers journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

Left behind again? Editorial on US election's devastasting implications for rural #publichealth from @tamar-antin.bsky.social & Geoffrey Hunt @criticalpublichealth.org journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

"The structural dependency on U.S. funding and leadership is a fundamental barrier to achieving a truly global vision for global health." Our new blog for @plosglobalpublichealth.org speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/02/14/s...

I hated having to write this, but I'm grateful to the many people who risked their ability to do critically important work they love, by talking to me. (And I will continue to cover it, so if you want to talk to me, DM for my Signal.) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...

Here’s a nice diamond open access Public Health journal recently set-up in the aim of being freed from the shackles of a big corporate publisher “Journal of Critical Public Health” journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jcph

Newest issue of @cphjournal.bsky.social out today - link below. If you think academic publishing needs to change & you work on public health, do consider publishing in, & otherwise supporting, this journal as they forge a new path, away from commercial publishers. It can't be easy but amazing to see

We are pleased to announce that Issue 1 (2) of the Journal is now published! Read, enjoy, let your colleagues know! journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

New Blog - 'Catherine Will' - In our last blog of the year we remember Catherine Will, who died this year. Catherine was a founding member of the editorial collective and contributed numerous articles to the blog. Here is a short selection of her many articles. www.cost-ofliving.net/catherine-wi...

Apologies to all our readers, authors and reviewers: the OJS site that hosts our submission system and journal has been down for a week or so: site admin on the case, awaiting a software upgrade: we hope it will be back up very soon!

New Blog - 'Anxiety and Art: Uncertain Bodies' - Veronica Heney reflects on the 'Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers' exhibition and the relationship between art and anxiety and how the non-verbal can convey a sensation #art #anxiety #mentalhealth www.cost-ofliving.net/anxiety-and-...

We need to understand in more detail which factors contribute to spread of #AntimicrobialResistance Our new issue marking World #AMR Week #WAAW Take a look 💊 bit.ly/EUS2947 💊 Special guest in this issue: Eschericha coli IDSky EpiSky #MicroSky MedSky #PublicHealth 🧪🩺 🦠 🛟 #Medibubble #dengue #CRE

Now seems a good time to collate a list of reputable, trustworthy public health voices. UK Public Health Starter Pack ⤵️ (Work in progress - will add suggestions!) go.bsky.app/Tuf8yqX

I've started an extremely baby starter pack for medical sociology. Please help me expand it! go.bsky.app/KrqLzcR

Needs to be said again and again. “Rather than cast publics as audiences to be re-educated, this review demonstrates the value of grounding both diagnosis and prescriptions for a more equal future in the experiential knowledge of people living with experience of social and economic disadvantage.”