
Alex Belsey
@alex_belsey
Art, health, culture, social justice. Proud to work in healthcare addressing inequalities. Visiting Research Fellow @KingsCollegeLon Author with @LivUniPress
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16-01-2021 12:59:18
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Important quote from this Joseph Rowntree Foundation work on the need for new approaches: “Participation is predominantly understood as data extraction methodology rather than an equity centred approach to social change”


Report by Children & Young People's Mental Health Coalition confirms that “the longer a child lives in poverty, the deeper and longer lasting its impacts will be” - really spelling out the ‘dual crisis’ and calling for action

Essential article on the need for gender equity in health - “progress has been insufficient to counter decades in which the primacy of male bodies went largely unchallenged” Dr @bykatewomersley.bsky.social & others make the case in Financial Times : ft.com/content/ce9895…



A recent review by @ronakaufman is a reminder to read this important new book by Ana Belén Martínez García #lifewriting

Excited to see this major new exhibition at Migration Museum right here in #Lewisham

Booked! Looking forward to this King's Libraries event with the authors of #MyDearKabul in discussion with Dylan Jonas Stone and Lynne O'Donnell


Looking forward to this event tomorrow Mayor of London's Culture team on research into #CreativeHealth


“storing up health problems for the future” - Sir Michael Marmot on the impact of racism contributing to widening inequalities, in this latest report. Identifies particular disparities in limiting illness / #disability, #maternal & child health, and #mentalhealth

“We write to get to know ourselves” - absolutely! Enjoyed catching up with this episode on BBC Sounds about diary, record-keeping, and self-creation #diary #lifewriting Great Diary Project bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…




“reducing income inequality would have a greater impact on mental-health outcomes” on inequality, poverty, and #mentalhealth by Kate Pickett Project Syndicate