For everyone interested in Oral Health Inequalities check out the 50th Anniversary Special Issue we published last year

With a dream team of Guest Editors Luisa N. Borrell @lborrell.bsky.social Anja Heilmann & Carol Guarnizo-Herreno

Including 15 commentaries, essays, reviews & original articles by…

What is the association between dental caries and school readiness in young children?

A data linkage study utilising the Born in Bradford (BiB) birth cohort Born in Bradford

New early view led by Erin Giles with Kara Gray-Burrows Peter Day Prof Sarah Baker

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7 in 10 adults believe physically punishing a child is unacceptable, showing growing support to give children the same legal protection as adults.

NSPCC calls on political leaders to commit to giving children in England the same protection from assault.
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'Physical punishment is a major and pressing public health and children’s right issue': Over one in five 10-year-olds experienced physical punishment in 2020/21, reports a research briefing led by Anja Heilmann UCL IEHC Nuffield Foundation NSPCC Barnardo’s ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/may/…

Out today: new research briefing on physical punishment in the UK, available for download here 👇

ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-h…

With thanks to NSPCC Barnardo’s Nuffield Foundation

Congratulations Lao PDR for becoming the 66th country to prohibit all corporal punishment of children on this International Day to #EndCorporalPunishment !

Around 325 million children are now protected by such laws worldwide. Now that’s progress! bit.ly/44kjTaI#EndVio…

Smacking a child is just an act of violence. Why do England and Northern Ireland still allow it? | Frances Ryan theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Is it time to ban smacking your children? independent.co.uk/life-style/sma…

'International evidence on this is really clear now. Smacking doesn’t work'

Anja Heilmann spoke to the The Independent about the need to ban smacking now!

Today we've published a new report setting out the health, education and legal case to remove the ‘reasonable punishment’ defence in England and Northern Ireland.

It's time to give every child #EqualProtection from assault and #EndPhysicalPunishment .

rcpch.ac.uk/resources/equa…

🚨 Paper alert 🚨Excited to be coauthor on a modelling study: Soft Drinks industry levy is predicted to lead to ⬇️ in dental caries, overweight/obesity & ⬆️ quality of life & life expectancy in children in England. Biggest gains in the most deprived areas journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/a…

What is the way forward for implementing a sugar tax in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region?

Led by Hazem Abbas with Carol Guarnizo-Herreno, Maha ElTantawi Georgios Tsakos & Marco Peres

#Dentistry #GlobalHealth

Open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cd…

Check out this updated Lancet PH review on lifecourse epidemiology and public health - nice resource for teaching! #PublicHealth #Education
@Swissepi
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The consensus statement was authored by Angela Obasi Ṣẹ̀yẹ Abímbọ́lá Ndeky Oriyo Ben Morton and others

#NoExcellenceWithoutEquity #AcademicChatter

cc Luisa N. Borrell @lborrell.bsky.social Vanessa Muirhead

Something that has been weighing on my mind for a while -

What can I do, in my role as Editor of a scientific journal, to help promote and credit fairly those authors from low-to-middle income countries on international research papers?

This consensus statement is an excellent…

We are hiring!

We are looking for a part-time Research Assistant to work on a Nuffield Foundation project on the physical punishment of children. Must have experience in qualitative research.

UCL IEHC UCL EPH

Apply here 👇
ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…

This week saw a really important story that speaks to who we are as a country. And it wasn’t a story about the colour of a flag on a shirt.

Read this excellent work by Afshan quantifying how inequalities in multi morbidity gets pronounced after inclusion of oral health conditions. UCL Dental Public Health Melbourne Dental School . journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

Our latest issue has arrived

What a bumper read it is with articles from across the world including 🇦🇺 🇨🇱 🇬🇧 🇲🇽 🇺🇸 🇪🇨 🇧🇷 🇳🇴 🇸🇦

On topics including sugar consumption, willingness to pay, academic performance, pregnancy, oral cancer & more

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16000528/c…

#dentistry

We are hiring!

We are looking for a part-time Research Assistant to work on a Nuffield Foundation project on the physical punishment of children. Must have experience in qualitative research.

UCL IEHC UCL EPH

Apply here 👇
ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…