Adverse childhood experiences
In May, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published “Adverse Childhood Experiences Prevention Strategy.” The resource is the agency’s first strategic plan to prevent, identify and respond to ACEs. The resource is available at www.cdc.gov/injury.
COVID-19 pandemic
In June, St. Martin’s Press published “Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response,” by Andy Slavitt. Slavitt, a former Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator and senior pandemic policy adviser to the Biden administration, leverages his access and experience to offer a critique of the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information, visit https://us.macmillian.com.
Structural racism
In May, the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities released “Structural Racism and Discrimination: Impact on Minority Health and Health Disparities,” a supplement to Ethnicity and Disease. The edition features research on the effects that structural racism has on minority health and health disparities. For more information, visit https://nimhd.nih.gov.
Climate change
In May, the National Recreation and Park Association released “Climate.Park.Change,” a web-based tool. The site allows users to examine how climate change is impacting specific areas of the U.S. with a searchable map. The toolkit also suggests physical design and community engagement solutions. For more information, visit http://climateparkchange.net.
Opioids
In April, Johns Hopkins University Press published “Killing Season,” by Peter Canning. The book explores the opioid epidemic through a ride-along with a paramedic in Harford, Connecticut. For more information, visit https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu.
Cancer
In April, MIT Press published “Rethinking Cancer: A New Paradigm for the Postgenomics Era,” edited by Bernhard Strauss, PhD; Marta Bertolaso, PhD; Ingemar Ernberg, MD, PhD; and Mina Bissell, PhD. Citing advances in technology, the book proposes reassessing how cancer is researched, understood and treated. For more information, visit https://mitpress.mit.edu.
Health disparities
In June, Johns Hopkins University Press published “Why Are Health Disparities Everyone’s Problem?” by Lisa Cooper, MD, MPH. The book explores the relationships between economic, institutional, political and social forces that contribute to physical and mental well-being. For more information, visit https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu.
Hate speech
In April, MIT Press published “Hate Speech,” by Caitlin Ring Carlson, PhD. The book examines hate speech from legal approaches and current controversies and offers suggestions for limiting its spread. For more information, visit https://mitpress.mit.edu.
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