rachwilcock.bsky.social
Researcher | Mental health education in schools and communities | qualitative & participatory research | 🏃♀️🌻📚⛰️💭
👤 Joined on 01 February 2025
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@rachwilcock.bsky.socialA bit late, as I just joined Bluesky but- Really enjoyed #AECongress25 in Dublin last week and met wonderful people Here I am presenting preliminary findings (early results needing replication) showing neurodivergent girls may be more likely to experience early or late puberty
Show PostAn interesting three days ahead at the @hepaeurope.bsky.social HEPA Europe Network 16th Annual International Conference in Kaunas, Lithuania. Strong public health underpinning from opening talks from @who.int World Health Organization and European Union representatives. #HEPA2025
Show PostWhen reviewers &/or editors try to push out the creativity from one's writing, I can't help but think their often hackneyed claims to 'academic traditions' are based in a moribund and dour approach to scholarship. The best senior colleagues dont do this, they embrace creativity, flair & personality.
Show PostDo you ever read qualitative social science; sociology, psychology, criminology, and the like, and get a sense that the methods just don't give enough insight into what actually happened? Yep, me to, esp in relation to where scholars' ideas came from. More here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Show PostWhat’s also worrying is that this medical model pushed aside the more evidence based social and emotional skills based models that showed improvements in mental health, despite calls from the public health community
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