📣Free open access PDF📣 Chapter 1 of the great Nancy Krieger's book Epidemiology and the people's health second edition (2024) "Does Epidemiologic Theory Exist? On Science, Data, and Explaining Disease Distribution" #HealthInequalities#academicsky#episkyacademic.oup.com/book/56171/c...
AbstractChapter 1 makes what should be the self-evident claim that epidemiological theory is a practical necessity for thinking about and explaining diseas
Some scientists really do think that publishing in "high impact" journals (with a high IF) is a badge of quality & publishing in "lower impact" journals means poor quality If researchers still think this, what hope is there of convincing funders & non researchers that the metric is bollocks?
I hope they do, a good move to protect people from the corporate determinants of health which target children and low income households in numerous ways, and are backed-up by political decisions
#Norway#children#marketing#Obesity#PublicHealthwww.regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/n...
The Norwegian government today sent on public consultation a proposal to ban the marketing of unhealthy food and beverages aimed at children under the age of 18.
Yes, which is why the field of interventional and implemetation science is so important. The RCT type 'gold standard' is helpful to ascertain whether the intervention works in ideal conditions, but then you have to figure out how to deal with the world as it actually is
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Yes, I have a rather general approach, & also I supervise people from different disciplines where the expectations and trajectories are variable If people do have a mentoring guide I'd be interested to see if our team can improve our ways
Hey #academicsky#episky Do you have a set mentoring / supervision plan for people in your team at different career stages? If so, would you be willing to share them, or any resources? thanks!
