Justyna Klingemann

It’s good to see 🇵🇱 research gaining attention #beyond #Europe. Mad in 🇺🇸 discusses our findings on the emotional burden & moral distress of PSW: www.madinamerica.com/2025/05/stud... The discussion about their working conditions & wellbeing is international, I’m glad that 🇵🇱 experiences are part of it.

Here's another cool new alcohol policy thing:

@who.int have just publised a new toolkit that aims to provide a practical guide for policy makers to support them in identifying effective alcohol policies and actually getting those policies implemented and then evaluated

iris.who.int/handle/10665...

All #KBS2025 presenters are invited to submit their conference paper to the official journal of KBS: The International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research (IJADR)

There is a themed conference special issue of this journal for 2025!

The IJADR website can be found here: ijadr.org/index.php/ij...

#MilSky #CivMilSky

Grzegorz Gielerak – Drug Policy YouTube video by Menedżer Zdrowia

Professor Gielerak, Lieutenant General & Director of the 🇵🇱 Military Institute of Medicine, spoke about Poland's preparations for an armed conflict & how we are building our resilience to crises as a country. This highly engaging interview [English subtitles] here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD60...

Hayley Padovano discussing papers on evidence based #alcohol interventions in #healthcare settings. #KBS2025 #KBSGlasgow #peoplegetbetter #hope #evidencebasedinterventions

Amy Pennay tells us what happens when non- and light- drinking young people grow up. #risk versus #pleasure and shifting attitudes.
#KBSGlasgow #KBS2025

James Conigrave: Basic psychological needs dynamic are related to drinking (which is largely habituated). But research show that when it comes to understanding motivation to drink chronic frustration might be the key, not “having a bad day” #KBS2025 #KBSGlasgow

As the President of the Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol, I am happy welcome the alcohol research community in Scotland for the KBS 50th Anniversary Symposium organised by the Universities of Stirling and Glasgow kbs2025scotland.org/home.html #KBS2025

Force of nature 🐺

“Journey mapping drug seizures among police, public health and local nonprofit professionals, and community members who use drugs” by Bethany Hadden-Clayton and colleagues (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…what do you think about journey mapping?

Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The quick buys published in “The Lancet Regional Health – Europe” target the main NCDs from cardiovascular diseases to #diabetes and #cancer, and the main NCD risk factors including #tobacco, #alcohol, unhealthy #diets, and physical inactivity ➡️ bit.ly/4hN8aqA

Major General Dymanowski, Vice Chief of Polish Armed Forces, speaks to Kasia Madera on BBC News YouTube video by Kasia Madera

#MilSky #CivMilSky
Interview with General Dymanowski, the First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of Polish Armed Forces on Poland's deterrence policy and the sentiments of 🇵🇱 society with regard to preparedness to defend the country & the strengthening of national resilience ➡️ youtu.be/M5z6-b62rwQ

Before XIX century, officer corps were composed mostly of noblemen & military clothing reflected hierarchies & divisions within armies. The seminar connects the research on historical, anthropological & sociological studies of #military #uniforms ➡️ March 6-7, Warsaw also online! #civmilsky

#Alcohol causes #cancer & there is no lower threshold. Well designed cancer warning labels can effectively inform consumers about alcohol risk. Empowering consumers with accurate #health #information is a crucial step in #reducing alcohol-related #harm ➡️ bit.ly/4hY7AXj

Does job insecurity harm health in the long run? German study shows that experiencing affective job insecurity 4 times (faced by 50% of the study sample) permanently reduces mental health by the equivalent of 3.9 years and physical health by 2.6 years. Link ➡️ doi.org/10.5271/sjwe...
#publichealth

Goebbels and the Führer | Official Trailer HD YouTube video by Samuel Goldwyn Films

Worth to see: „Führer und Verführer“ by Joachim Lang (2024) relationship between Hitler and Goebbels.

youtu.be/HIqeLlET_LQ?...

Changing public perceptions of alcohol, alcohol harms and alcohol policies: A multi‐methods study to develop novel framing approaches Background and aims Public perceptions of alcohol and its related harms and policies are shaped by multiple discourses and can influence behaviour and policy support. As part of a FrameWorks-informe...

'Changing public perceptions of alcohol, alcohol harms and alcohol policies: A multi-methods study to develop novel framing approaches' | @addictionjournal.bsky.social via @drugwise.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Kristin Hannah’s book? 📕 I did! “Thank God for girlfriends. In this crazy, chaotic, divided world that was run by men, you could count on the women”

Trump signs order to exit @WHO . The US is by far the WHO's biggest financial backer, contributing 1/5 of its overall funding. I wonder - is he motivated by the recent campaign on #commercial #determinantsofhealth ?
#publichealth
➡️ www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Everything That Will Kill You... From A to Z YouTube video by Dropout

Haiku for today:
"A" is for alcohol.
Source of addiction.
Liver diseases
and other afflictions.

youtu.be/WPz9Fcvb1II?...

#publichealth #dryJanuary

This network is my major reason to go to Morocco this year :)

Taking pleasure seriously: Should alcohol research say more about fun? Background This paper invites discussion on whether pleasure should receive more attention in public health-oriented research on alcohol. While there is a history of sociological and anthropological...

What is the underpinning justification for minimising the value of shortterm, potentially risky, #pleasures that may strengthen social bonds or create novel experiences? On what grounds should #policies that enforce this trade-off be supported? #foodforthought #publichealth
doi.org/10.1111/add....

Dvoskin “cautioned against drawing any early conclusions about the relationship between the attacks & the attackers’ military service (…) data on the relationship between military service & mass casualty attacks should only be used for (…) smoothing the transition from military to civilian life”

Happy New Year! ⭐️ 2025 brings a significant turn in my academic career as I take up a new position at the Department of Public Health, Epidemiology and Vaccinology in the Military Institute of Medicine – National Research Institute in Warsaw, Poland.
Stay tuned!
#milsky #civmilsky #militarymedicine

„This means launching an entirely new way of thinking about the organisation of our own security. A return to the culture of strategic thinking abandoned in Europe after the Second World War, moving these activities from subcontracting to the US to the area of own initiative.”

Gen. Gielerak: Polish Healthcare System Can Support NATO Is civil-military cooperation involving the deployment of civilian resources intended to support medical care during armed conflict possible? How can NATO use the Polish healthcare system in its strat...

#Polish hospitals, some built during Warsaw Pact Times in Western Poland, can play a pivotal role in #NATO medical system during a potential conflict.
More here ➡️ defence24.com/armed-forces...

#military #milsky #civmilsky #militarymedicine

“What constitutes women’s recovery from addiction? Examining lived experiences and recovery capital of women from diverse European backgrounds” by Mulka Nisic, David Best, David Patton, Tracey Ford, & Sara Heine #accepted

🇵🇱 & 🇸🇪

📚 “The Class Ceiling" isn't just another inequality study - it's a masterclass in why privilege persists.

The numbers are eye-opening: 16% pay gap between privileged vs. working-class backgrounds in elite jobs.

@samfriedman.bsky.social
@daniellaurison.bsky.social