Ruth Lewis

Steering group members with Jenni Minto MSP in the middle, standing in front of a screen with the words 'National Summit on Young People's Sexual Health and Wellbeing'

We were delighted to welcome @jennimintomsp.bsky.social to the National Summit on Young People's Sexual Health and Wellbeing, held on Monday at the University of Glasgow.

@drruthlewis.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk @uofgmvls.bsky.social @nspcc.bsky.social @nhsggc.bsky.social

New article exploring the emotion norms that govern breakups, led by @raquelboso.bsky.social, and open access in @youthstudies.bsky.social
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The Trump administration and its allies have taken several steps to ensure that medical schools in the US dismantle all diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.

It is patients who will be the victims of this, write @gavinyamey.bsky.social and @michaeldgreen.com
www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Evidence & Policy: Call for Abstracts | King's College London Strengthening research practice partnerships in social care

📢 Evidence & Policy journal SPECIAL ISSUE Call for Abstracts:
"Strengthening research practice partnerships in social care: Evidence, impact and policy learning"
Guest Editors: @annetteboaz.bsky.social & @a-mtowers.bsky.social
Abstracts deadline 3 November.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/strengt...

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_...

📢 #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

Congratulations! 🙌

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

#WholeSchoolApproach
#GenderBasedViolence

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

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

A flyer which says: We would love to hear from you. Are you Over 18? Living in the UK? Have you experienced pain during: smear test, colposcopy, hysteroscopy, IUD (coil) fitting, assisted conception or abortion? If so, please follow the QR code to complete an online survey which will help us to improve understanding of pain during these procedures. For any questions about the study please contact the lead researcher carrie.purcell@open.ac.uk. The Open University logo.

📢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!

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.

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-...

@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!

Thanks - and you too!

2025 PPIE Conference at UofGlasgow - Call for Contributors! Seeking 15min presentations & posters. Submit 250-word abstracts by Jan 10 to shw-healthyworkinglivesgroup@glasgow.ac.uk. NIHR-funded, expenses covered. Please share!

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

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 😊

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

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

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

‘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

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...

The Open University

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