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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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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”

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Around 2.8M people (16-64) aren't working due to ill-health. Long-term health issues and work-limiting conditions are rising, especially among younger workers. This impacts health and deepens inequalities. Anchor orgs can help - find out how: haln.org.uk/case-studies/c… [2/4]

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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

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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…

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🧵A piece here from Lydia Wilkins on how to report on neurodiversity sensitively and accurately (timely as Matthew Parris has stirred things up in The Times with a piece suggesting terms like autism and ADHD are meaningless) pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analys…

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Insightful new resource from Wellcome to help navigate the many changing attitudes and ideas about #mentalhealth over time. #HistoryofCauses

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Almost one million people in England are living in cold or damp homes, having an impact on their health. Read more about how the homes we live in shape our health and what we can do to live healthier, longer lives. 👉 brnw.ch/21wMVf2

Almost one million people in England are living in cold or damp homes, having an impact on their health. Read more about how the homes we live in shape our health and what we can do to live healthier, longer lives. 👉
brnw.ch/21wMVf2
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🚨CFP for 2025🚨 Now announcing our 2025 CFP for "Peace and Conflict in the Space Between" Abstracts due December 1! spacebetweensociety.com/2025-conferenc…

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“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

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“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…

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Encouraging to see the new UK gov #IndustrialStrategy mentions “ensuring the UK has a healthy population” to achieve these aims … but we need more detailed commitments & investment across health, housing etc to make it happen gov.uk/government/new…

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“Our research clearly shows art helps health” on the benefits of paintings and other artworks in health settings theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…