Flora Douglas

Prof in Public Health @ SNM&P RGU - food insecurity, poverty, social justice & health - fiddler player, daughter, sister, wife, mother & WT lover. Views my own.

[Flora Douglas @FloraD]

@FranklyLess @nourishingftrs Looking forward to seeing you there! 😀

[Feed @feedukorg]

When parents are skipping meals because they cannot afford formula, when midwives worry about feeds being kept longer than is safe because families cannot afford to waste, "excessive" maternity pay isn't the problem.
https://t.co/MLsueHUfNu

[Flora Douglas @FloraD]

@Forensic_Sci_ @p1154 @CellCellPress @drphilhammond Absolutely!

[Flora Douglas @FloraD]

@LightFayber 2/2 … and more, from what I’ve read from credible independent experts in neonatal/medicine, stats, and legal matters. It was a brave but incredibly important thing to have contributed your psychological expertise to this programme.The visuals of those notes haunted me last night

[Flora Douglas @FloraD]

@LightFayber Thank you for your contribution to this programme Faye. I’m ashamed to say I’ve only just tuned in to this case since the Guardian piece earlier in July, and very concerned about the safety of the conviction, sir all the reason outlined in the programme ..1/2

[Flora Douglas @FloraD]

@gill1109 I seem to have just ordered a paperback copy that will delivered tomorrow.

[Aileen @aileenmgrant]

Come and work with a great research team that is led by @Kenned4Catriona and includes @FloraD

[IFAN @IFAN_UK]

Could food banks be relegated to the history books? @sabineegoodwin in @BigIssue
@scotgov @povinequalscot @CitAdviceScot @nourishscotland @TrussellScot
#CashFirst
https://t.co/Mzf4V29mr3

[Flora Douglas @FloraD]

And for @FranklyLess's time too last week enabling our @RGUNMandP midwifery students explore the implications for midwifery practice associated with the presence of household food insecurity in high income countries on maternal and infant health. 🙏🙏

[Flora Douglas @FloraD]

We made this short film about maternal & infant food insecurity to mark the occasion of @FranklyLess's recent visiting fellowship from Canada 2 Scotland/UK & Aberdeen. Thanks 2 Lesley and @Abernecessities for their time & expertise shared so generously in the making of this film.

[Robert Gordon University (RGU) @RobertGordonUni]

The latest episode of Research Revealed will be released on Wednesday.

It highlights research at @RGUNMandP, focusing on a project to explore the hidden nature of food insecurity amongst young mothers in the North East and across the UK.

#ResearchRGU | #ResearchRevealed

[Flora Douglas @FloraD]

Grateful 2 @FranklyLess and Dani and Vicky from Abercessities too for their input to our @AHRDC 'Understanding Food Insecurity in Aberdeen' webinar where infant food insecurity was spotlighted as an area of deep public health concern needing more attention in our city.

[Flora Douglas @FloraD]

This great video by @IFAN typifies being a ‘critical friend’ 4 people living in poverty & food insecurity, ie. pointing out, from front line experience of doing something practical 2 help people in food crisis, that food banks are not a sustainable solution to the problem.

[IFAN @IFAN_UK]

Our latest data (https://t.co/mpXA5QALrE) demonstrates just how vital it is for @10DowningStreet #FarmToForkSummit to prioritise a #cashfirst approach to #foodinsecurity....
@UKSustain @Food_Foundation @readifood @EarlsfieldFood2 @broke_not

[IFAN @IFAN_UK]

Our latest data (https://t.co/mpXA5QALrE) demonstrates just how vital it is for @10DowningStreet #FarmToForkSummit to prioritise a #cashfirst approach to #foodinsecurity....
@UKSustain @Food_Foundation @readifood @EarlsfieldFood2 @broke_not

[Flora Douglas @FloraD]

Looking forward to our workshop with @RGUNMandP midwifery students this Friday exploring the implications of household food insecurity on the health and well-being of pregnant women and their infants, be they bottle or breast fed. 🙏

[Flora Douglas @FloraD]

Your excellent work in Canada on the hidden public health crisis of infant food insecurity in high income countries, that’s been hiding in plain sight for too long in the UK, provides good evidence about what would help parents most 2 cope with it - more money in their pockets.

[Dr. Lesley Frank @FranklyLess]

Check out this extensive report on infant food insecurity in the UK. It Mirrors our work on the issue here in Canada. Our Feeding in the Early Years Study in NS found that 31% of households were food insecurity. 4% of those stole formula from the store to feed their babies

[Flora Douglas @FloraD]

Great 2 have you visit us in Scotland this month sharing research insights & perspectives at our @ahdrc ‘Understanding food insecurity in Aberdeen’ webinar last week. You gave us much food for thought, and great pointers at solutions that are needed and, make a difference.

[Tom Parmenter @TomSkyNews]

We need to talk about baby formula and what the rising prices are doing to families. Our @skynews piece on the UK’s “hidden crisis”👇
https://t.co/V8SHtDKDEN

Produced by @emupton
Shot/cut by @Shoot_Editor

[Flora Douglas @FloraD]

@FranklyLess @LindsayGrahamUK @DrErinWill @RosieMcnee It was lovely having you Lesley! Great to share insights and perspectives. Glad your safely home

[Flora Douglas @FloraD]

@FranklyLess @RosieMcnee @DrErinWill Great to have you in the UK and @RGUNMandP talking about your long standing research and policy interest in family and infant food insecurity in high income country contexts - depressing as it is that we are having to have these conversations.

[IFAN @IFAN_UK]

We published this short briefing on reducing infant and maternal food insecurity in Scotland earlier this week -
Find out more at https://t.co/7iizOgFEdv
@1stepsnutrition @LindsayGrahamUK @FloraD @mariaammarshall #CashFirst