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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

Sydney, New South Wales
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    1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 30 May 2017
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      Now this in and of itself is a complex issue. Education programs can be crap.

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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 30 May 2017
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      The local councils were given a lot of discretion as to implementing the programs, so it's hard to unpick the differences between programs

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    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 30 May 2017
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      That being said, the authors found that more in spending on sexual health services was associated with more underage conceptions

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    4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 30 May 2017
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      Basically, this headache of a tablepic.twitter.com/j7oK28ssd0

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    5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 30 May 2017
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      What this shows you is that there is a ~small~ increase in conceptions, abortions and births in the under-18s related to more spending

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    6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 30 May 2017
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      However it ALSO shows you that there are other factors related to changes in the number of conceptions/abotions/births

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    7. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 30 May 2017
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      Health Nerd Retweeted Health Nerd

      Stunningly, THINGS THAT ARE RELATED TO SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORShttps://twitter.com/GidMK/status/869721866646114304 …

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      Health NerdVerified account @GidMK
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      However it ALSO shows you that there are other factors related to changes in the number of conceptions/abotions/births
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    8. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 30 May 2017
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      Health Nerd Retweeted Health Nerd

      For example, the effect of better GCSE results was 10 TIMES more powerful than expenditure on education programshttps://twitter.com/GidMK/status/869721866646114304 …

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      Health NerdVerified account @GidMK
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      However it ALSO shows you that there are other factors related to changes in the number of conceptions/abotions/births
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    9. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 30 May 2017
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      After this, the authors tested the reliability of their model using a long list of interesting tests

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    10. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 30 May 2017
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      They tested whether ring-fencing the funding for education made a difference, whether pre-2008 decreases in conception rate did...

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 30 May 2017

      ... looking only at regions (rather than specific councils), and on and on. And sure enough, expenditure stayed significant

      6:12 PM - 30 May 2017
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        2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 30 May 2017
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          First important point: THIS INCREASE WAS VERY VERY SMALL (roughly 0.25%)https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/869721711960236033 …

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          Health NerdVerified account @GidMK
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          What this shows you is that there is a ~small~ increase in conceptions, abortions and births in the under-18s related to more spending
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        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 30 May 2017
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          So even if we were to agree that expenditure CAUSED an increase in conceptions, the increase was negligible

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