Recovery Through Education: An Integrative Approach to Mental Health for the People, by the People

This report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) studies homicide data to examine the gender-related killing of women and girls. The report finds that 87,000 women were killed around the world in 2017, 58 percent of whom died at the hands of intimate partners or family members. Although most homicide victims are men, the study underscores how gender inequality in societal and domestic spheres make women particularly vulnerable. The report finds…

This report, published by the National Academies Press (NAP), outlines the proceedings of a workshop exploring the ways in which multiple levels of government and various organizations in the public and private sectors can collaborate to effectively care for acutely ill and injured patients during a disaster, public health emergency, or other mass casualty event. The six objectives of the presentations and discussions in this workshop were to: explore the degree to which the public…

This case from the Western Public Health Casebook 2020 focuses on the complex risk communication problem of vaccine hesitancy. Lisa Walters, Public Health Consultant, has been working diligently to develop an effective risk communication message that targets vaccine-hesitant parents and addresses the core problem of framing. She is participating in a media interview, but doesn't feel prepared and worries her message will add to the negative media landscape on vaccines. However, her immunization team is having…