New book chapter on #digitalhealth interventions in public health: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... Includes a discussion on why they are not used as frequently as we might have hoped, and what intervention developers and policy makers can do to improve the utility of digital interventions.

A joy to run the @ehpscreaters.bsky.social Pre-Conference Workshop on Preregistration and Registered Reports with @rorycoyne.bsky.social We explored ✍how preregistration can be applied within quantitative, qualitative and evidence synthesis research 📕 RRs for early career researchers #EHPS2025

Well done to Dr Leona Ryan @drleonaryan.bsky.social on presenting findings from our recent study evaluating an AI-driven virtual human intervention for GP obesity education and training #EHPS2025 @profjanewalsh.bsky.social @ehps.bsky.social

Delighted to present our AI-driven VH obesity education and communication skills training tool for GPs - a proof-of-concept for the successful translation of behavioural science concepts into novel technology to address identified challenges in medical education @ehpsdigihealth.bsky.social #EHPS2025

The #Gaza famine has unfolded in front of the world’s eyes. We saw it coming. We warned about it. We were not allowed to stop it. Now, as we count the lives lost to this intentional starvation, there is only one question to ask leaders: Where is humanity? End the blockade of aid TODAY. CEASEFIRE!

Delighted this paper is published! It reports the effects of our task shifted multi-component mental health intervention (incorporating peer support, psycho-education, mindfulness and behavioural activation) on psychological distress among persons with disabilities @rcsipophealth.bsky.social

Attending #EHPS2025 and interested in digi health? @ehpsdigihealth.bsky.social has a list to help you navigate to relevant presentations - bit.ly/EHPS2025Digi.... See you in Groningen next week! @thomasgultzow.bsky.social @mindwaveprof.bsky.social @hollieasmith.bsky.social @alearuf.bsky.social

🔔 Two days left to apply! This is your chance to meet this year's keynote speakers over coffee.

Attending the 39th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society in the Netherlands?✈️ All additional travel information, local tips, and useful contacts are available at: 🔗 2025.ehps.net/travelling-w... We look forward to seeing you soon! #EHPS2025 #EHPS25 #UMCG #Groningen

A new publication by Dr Tina Bedenik & Prof Kathleen Bennett in collab w/ @hiqa.bsky.social colleagues explores perspectives of key stakeholders on role of patients in use of health data for primary & secondary purposes in Irl. doi.org/10.1186/s409... @researchireland.ie @futureneuro.bsky.social

We're recruiting for a lecturer in health psychology to join our team. The postholder will participate in the teaching, facilitation & examining of the undergrad & grad teaching programmes of @rcsipsychology.bsky.social. my.corehr.com/pls/coreport... @sphereprogramme.bsky.social

Make your EHPS 2025 experience seamless! Access the latest schedule, receive live updates, and connect with other participants—all through the official app. Download today: 🍏 Apple Store: apps.apple.com/rs/app/easyp... 🤖 Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/d... #EHPS2025 #EasyPlatform

Really excited about this crossover event! @ehps.bsky.social @ehpsdigihealth.bsky.social

We are the SMART-IE Collective, a group of researchers, clinicians, academics, policy makers, government body officials and experts by lived experience - Our aim is to learn how to successfully introduce and evaluate digital mental health tools to support university students mental well-being.

Check out & follow the @smart-ie.bsky.social Research Group! Our project is dedicated to supporting the sustainable implementation of digital mental health solutions in university settings. You can find more information and project updates on our website. Visit us here: vista-apro.eu/smart-ie/

Check out & follow the @smart-ie.bsky.social Research Group! Our project is dedicated to supporting the sustainable implementation of digital mental health solutions in university settings. You can find more information and project updates on our website. Visit us here: vista-apro.eu/smart-ie/

🚨New Paper🚨 Empowering GPs:AI Virtual Humans for Better Weight Management Conversations! Our pilot study found an AI-driven Virtual Human tool informed by behavioral science & planning group input improved GPs' knowledge, empathy,confidence,and reduced obesity stigma. doi.org/10.1002/osp4...

Over 100,000 children in Gaza at risk of death due to Israeli blockade - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/over-100000-children-gaza-risk-death-due-israeli-blockade

My teabags are feeding into my existential crisis this morning 🥹

📣 Exciting news! Applications are open for our @ehps2025.bsky.social pre-conference workshop on "Open Science Practices: Preregistrations and Registered Reports" with @emmajnorris.bsky.social and @rorycoyne.bsky.social! Get more info and apply here until May 11th: forms.gle/1DCbYR84c9qE...

🚨 Deadline extended 🚨 Planning to attend @ehps2025.bsky.social ? You are a PhD student or postdoc? Check out our @ehpscreaters.bsky.social pre-conference workshop! Apply by May 26th! More info 👇 @ehps.bsky.social @ehpsopenscisig.bsky.social

We are excited to host Dr. Alfonso Abizaid from @carleton.ca next Wednesday for the 6th talk of the 2025 #ObesitySeminarSeries of IUCPQ!

I wrote a blog for the @sphereprogramme.bsky.social website! ✨

We've @drleonaryan.bsky.social released a preprint of our study: VITAL-COMS, a novel digital simulation tool designed to improve healthcare professionals' communication skills when discussing weight with patients #weightstigma #obesity #HealthCommunication #GenAI 1/4

Applications are now open for the #EHPS2025 conference grants. Grants are available for attending only the conference and for also attending the @ehpscreaters.bsky.social workshop and @ehpssynergy.bsky.social expert meeting. Applications close on 16 May. More information: ehps.net/conference-g...

🚨Exciting pilot study results! Our AI-virtual human tool for GP obesity education/training showed significant improvements in knowledge, confidence, trust, and empathy! We also saw reduction in negative stereotyping! Here's how we did it:🧵👇osf.io/preprints/osf/… @OSFramework

Our recent conference paper. Other publications to follow: A. Moorhead, F. Quigley, R. Price, L. Hollywood, A. M. Gallagher, E. Mooney, A. McCloat. Journal: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society / Volume 83 / Issue OCE4 / November 2024

Something to think about

@fionaquigs.bsky.social yeahhhhh

At the Irish Coalition for People living with Obesity's (ICPO) book launch - a child friendly non-stigmatizing introduction to what is Obesity - great initiative

Apply by Sunday to take part in our expert workshop on the #digitalhealth divide prior to #ICBM2025 in Vienna (5th and 6th August) ⬇️ #HealthPsych #BehSci

Usability testing is essential in intervention development but can often feel time-consuming – but it doesn't have to be. Our new preprint offers a hands-on guide to rapid analysis during usability testing and shares our reflections on the process. 🧑🏼‍💻 Check it out: doi.org/n4r4 ✨

More than 64,000 Palestinians may have been killed by traumatic injury in the first nine months of the war in Gaza, according to a new study. It suggests that the Hamas health ministry tally, a figure the UN relies on, is a significant undercount. nyti.ms/4fZxCIv

The #PHM2025 conference will be held at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social This brings together those from health psychology and related fields from across Ireland and further afield. Keynotes are Prof Martin Dempster & Prof @susanmichie.bsky.social. Abstract submission open! bit.ly/4fNFUD7

How experiences of weight stigma impact higher-weight women during their maternity care: A meta-ethnography @jennymidwife.bsky.social, Melania Calestani, Kirstie Coxon www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

All my work is open - and you can use images from it without seeking my permission as long as it is correctly cited. Every week I get requests in relation to COM-B or the Behaviour Change Wheel. No need to request- the answer is always yes! #OpenScience

“universal school-based [mental health] prevention is less effective than targeted approaches, often leads to null or unsustained positive effects, has the potential to elicit negative effects and is not well liked by young people.” acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Chater & Loewenstein argue that the most important way in which behavioral scientists can contribute to public policy is by employing their skills to develop and implement value-creating system-level change. DOI: doi.org/10.1017/S014....

More-powerful AI is coming. Academia and industry must oversee it — together. Once confined to the realms of science fiction, there is now the question of when we might create artificial general intelligence. #medski #digitalhealth #academicsky www.nature.com/articles/d41...

New Paper Published Using Collective Intelligence to Develop Design Requirements for a Complex Intervention for Advance Care Planning in the Community onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #CollectiveIntelligence

Hello Bluesky! We are PSYcHE - a group of researchers from the University of Galway. PSYcHE's aim is to improve psychosocial supports available to young people. We are passionate about youth mental health and youth involvement. Excited to engage with others on here and share updates from our work! 🤩

Computer-assisted screening in systematic #EvidenceSynthesis requires robust and well-evaluated stopping criteria #SystematicReview #MachineLearning systematicreviewsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Ever been curious about Registered Reports? We have a fantastic webinar lined up for you tomorrow at 12pm GMT with @ehpsopenscisig.bsky.social, led by Dr Aoife O'Mahony. Aoife will provide an introduction to Registered Reports, as well as their benefits. Sign up here! forms.gle/kU2sWs2jaGrc...

Great rapid #ScopingReview from @floriannaudet.bsky.social and colleagues highlighting issues with the research culture. So many of these factored into why I ultimately left academia. The people are usually lovely but the system is broken... #AcademicChatter www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

I’m excited to share our new protocol paper accepted in BMJ Open on Exploring how to widen the acceptability of public health interventions! You can find the link below and details about the wider @nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social project here: behscipru.nihr.ac.uk/our-projects...

The #Ontology starter pack is for all those interested in ontologies as frameworks for organising and representing knowledge. Ontologies enable .... 🧵

Given the mass migration to here from The Other Place, now seems like a good time to tell you about our paper looking at experiences of novel technologies in remote communities, and determinants of engagement. Led by our brilliant MSc student Madeleine Kearney: journals.plos.org/digitalhealt...

The 2025 congress of the International Society for Behavioral Medicine will take place in beautiful Vienna. Submit your abstract by 6 Jan. icbm2025.com

#SystemsThinking A useful #systemsthinking tool - ISM software - is free to download here: www.jnwarfield.com/ism-software... Our Software Overview and User Guide for Collective Intelligence Facilitation can be found here: t.co/flrRZXxLOO

My app for finding 🦋 accounts you may want to follow has had a make-over: it now displays names and bios, and allows adding an "app password" for direct follow buttons in the listing bsky-follow-finder.theo.io