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Share I recently read about Attitudes in Reverse (A.I.R.), a suicide prevention nonprofit in New Jersey launched to educate young adults about mental health and curtail the rising suicide rate for this population. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at least 20 percent of deaths of 15- to 24-year-olds each year result [...] May 15th, 2013 | Tags: Attitudes in Reverse, behavioral health, cause of the quarter, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, mental health, mental health month blog day, mental illness, persuasive storytelling, social change, social issues, Social Marketing, suicide prevention, Vanguardians 4 Social Change | Categories: Social Issues, Social Marketing
2 comments | Share: Share AP Photo/Jim Cole It’s been a long time since C. Everett Koop — who passed away today at 96 — served as U.S. Surgeon General. And yet, his legacy and plain-spoken candor still impact our lives today. While Koop was Surgeon General during the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations, he knew his legislative [...] February 25th, 2013 | Tags: AIDS, C. Everett Koop, Communication Heroes, smoking cessation, Surgeon General, tobacco prevention | Categories: Communications Heroes, Social Issues, Social Marketing
Leave a comment | Share: Share In 2013, the U.S. Hispanic/Latino community continues to rapidly change and grow. At a Social Media Week DC session about reaching out to this audience, I learned some interesting new trends about U.S. Hispanics and their relationship with digital media. Photo courtesy of Flickr member swanksalot Did you know: Hispanics are more than 50 million strong [...] February 25th, 2013 | Tags: ambicultural, bicultural, digital communications, hispanics, Latinos, mobile communication, Multicultural Outreach, social media, Spanish language | Categories: Multicultural Outreach, Online Marketing, Social Marketing
Leave a comment | Share: Share Senator Marco Rubio to deliver first bilingual response to the Presidential State of the Union. Tonight, following President Obama’s State of the Union address to Congress, the GOP will make history with their response. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida will deliver the Republican response to the president’s address in both English and Spanish. It [...] February 12th, 2013 | Tags: Congress, English, GOP, language, Marco Rubio, Multicultural Outreach, Obama, Policy Communications, President Obama, Republican, Rubio, Spanish, speech, speech delivery, State of the Union, translation | Categories: Multicultural Outreach, Policy Communications, Social Marketing
Leave a comment | Share: Share Words can be communicators’ most powerful tools, but they can sometimes get in the way. After all, they have a big job to do: They must overcome challenging barriers such as culture, ethnicity and language to be fully understood and ultimately effective — especially when addressing a subject as sensitive and critically important as mental health. What can speak louder [...] October 10th, 2012 | Tags: diagram, Everybody Has A Brain, health communications, infographic, mental health, mental illness, National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, Pinterest, PSA, public service announement, SAMHSA, Save the Children, Sustance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Tumblr, visuals, World Mental Health Day | Categories: Design & Editorial, Integrated Media Services, Multicultural Outreach, Social Issues, Social Marketing
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