Good Idea Public Health

Poster 'only fully visible to kids'

Tue, 07 May 2013 10:22:43 -0400

Poster 'only fully visible to kids': A new anti-abuse campaign for children by the Anar Foundation...

Make Your Health Last The Canadian Stroke and Heart Foundation...

Fri, 03 May 2013 10:01:11 -0400

Make Your Health Last

The Canadian Stroke and Heart Foundation draws attention how a healthy lifestyle can affect our quality-of-life on the long term. The split screen makes two different scenarios visible how last 10 years might look like.

likelyhealthy: Racism Makes Me Sick Campaign This new...

Wed, 01 May 2013 10:01:13 -0400

likelyhealthy:

Racism Makes Me Sick Campaign

This new anti-racism campaign from Australia, which was launched yesterday, isn’t the common fight against racism. It is about the threat to public health racism can be. A range of health problems including high blood pressure and heart disease, depression, anxiety, low birth rate and premature birth can all be caused directly by people’s personal experiences of racism.

What a great way to bridge the gap between a social determinant of health and health outcomes!

ThinkB4You Speak raises awareness to not use anti-LGBT language....

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:01:48 -0400

ThinkB4You Speak raises awareness to not use anti-LGBT language. The common use of anti-LGBT language is directly related to bullying and harassment of the LGBT community.

At the campaign website you find more information and ways to directly support the actions, such as adding a twitter counter of anti-LGBT language to your website.

Adult generations of today are less healthy than their counterparts of previous generations

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:01:30 -0400

Adult generations of today are less healthy than their counterparts of previous generations:...

Lift your Skirt for a Pap Smear The Singapore Cancer Society...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:01:25 -0400

Lift your Skirt for a Pap Smear

The Singapore Cancer Society raises awareness for cervical cancer and invites Singapore women to free pap smear screenings in May 2013. Each year, 200 women are newly diagnosed with the preventable disease and 70 die from it.

Likes are not enough… I like the surprising fundraising...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:01:08 -0400

Likes are not enough…

I like the surprising fundraising approach by UNICEF to support polio vaccination.

A Candle with Health Message This special candle comes in form...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:18:54 -0400

A Candle with Health Message

This special candle comes in form of a man that holds a cigarette, which is functioning as candlewick. The candle man was placed by the Singapore Cancer Society in cafes and bars. Guests could watch how the candle man melted away and was literally killed by smoking.

Facing Mental Illness… an infographic by the USC School of...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:01:13 -0400

Facing Mental Illness…

an infographic by the USC School of Social Work

The Three Amigos Last weekend I attended the Global Health &...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:01:26 -0400

The Three Amigos

Last weekend I attended the Global Health & Innovation Conference in Yale and listened to a talk by Firdaus Kharas. He refers to himself as animated activist and produces animated films in order to tackle major health and social issues. Following video shows the Three Amigos, a series focusing on HIV/AIDS prevention.

Follow the Frog I love the positive and humorous approach of the...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:38:13 -0400

Follow the Frog

I love the positive and humorous approach of the little film that demonstrates what differences we can all make in our day-by-day life in order to protect the rainforest without feeling to overwhelmed by the task. The educational messages are embedded in an entertaining story that features a character I can completely relate to.

Thank you Brenda for bringing the video to my attention.

Let Love Live On is a UK campaign in order to increase...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:25:35 -0400

Let Love Live On is a UK campaign in order to increase registered organ donors. I like the approach of looking at positive stories and not focusing on threatening images.

"When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the..."

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:12:47 -0400

““When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look...

A Public Health transmedia project that brings it to the point,...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:01:37 -0400

A Public Health transmedia project that brings it to the point, sex can be healthy and fun.

Hillary Clinton Speech

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:01:11 -0400

Hillary Clinton Speech: “Now, I have always believed that women are not victims, we are agents...

Health Facebook

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:01:25 -0400

A timeline to store my health history would come in handy for me. I am really bad remembering the...

Baring It All is the next documentary on my to-see list. The...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:01:31 -0400

Baring It All is the next documentary on my to-see list. The film follows breast cancer survivors in their 20s and 30s, their loved ones and David Ray. David Ray is a fashion photographer who makes pictures of the women in different stages of their disease. More information can be found at the website Scar Project

20th Century Death Infographic David McCandless is a data...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:01:08 -0400

20th Century Death Infographic

David McCandless is a data journalist who visualizes complex data into beautiful infographics. His newest health related work presents the leading causes of mortality from 1900 to 2000.

Most causes of death are contributed to cardiovascular diseases (e.g. stroke) and non-communicable diseases (e.g. diabetes), as well as infectious diseases (e.g. diarrhea).

Side Note: A non-communicable disease is not “communicated” from person to person, and better known as chronic disease. A communicable disease is “communicated” from person to person (or other carriers of the infection), and better known as infectious disease.

In 2012, 120 women have been killed in domestic attacks in...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:01:50 -0400

In 2012, 120 women have been killed in domestic attacks in Italy…

Vivienne Westwood draws attention to domestic abuse using her mannequins. The British Designer showcases bruised models in shop windows at her Milan store. I like that the health message is delivered in an unexpected context and multiplies the awareness raising aspect.

If advertising works to promote smoking, it also works to...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:01:09 -0400

If advertising works to promote smoking, it also works to inhibit the health risky behavior… The anti-smoking campaign Tips From Former Smokersby the CDC aims to counter the expenditures for marketing and promotion of cigarettes in the United States. In 2010, the costs for smoking ad’s were as high as $900,000 an hour or over $22 million a day.

Tips From Former Smokers was the first-ever paid national tobacco education campaign and features the stories and experience of former smokers who encourage current smokers to quit. Key messages include health consequences for smokers, but also for nonsmokers and how the life of loved ones are affected, e.g. by a smoking parent. Today, CDC launches a new round of advertisements of the successful campaign, congrats!