Urban health
In September, Johns Hopkins University Press released “Unequal Cities,” edited by APHA members Maureen Benjamins, PhD, and Fernando De Maio, PhD. The book explores mortality gaps between racial groups living in U.S. metro areas and how some cities have wider disparities than others. For more information, visit https://jhupbooks.press.edu.
Science communications
In August, MIT Press released “How to Talk to a Science Denier,” by Lee McIntyre, PhD. The book shares conversations with a range of people who distrust and deny science and recommendations on ways to communicate with them. For more information, visit https://mitpress.mit.edu.
Health inequities
Ohio University Press released “Ailing in Place: Environmental Inequities and Health Disparities in Appalachia,” by Michele Morrone, PhD, MS, in 2020. The book explores the relationship between environmental conditions in the region and health outcomes. For more information, visit www.ohioswallow.com.
Wildfires
In August, the University of California Press released “Introduction to Fire in California,” by David Carle, MS. A second edition, the book is an updated guide to California’s long relationship with fires and climate change. For more information, visit www.ucpress.edu.
Reproductive rights
In August, the University of California Press released “Just Get on the Pill: the Uneven Burden of Reproductive Politics,” by Krystale Littlejohn, PhD. The book offers an understanding of the social history and implications of gendered birth control attitudes and how they impact policy. For more information, visit www.ucpress.ed.
Medical history
In September, Harvard University Press released “Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery and War Transformed Medicine,” by Jim Downs, PhD, MA. The book chronicles the medical field’s historic abuse of unrecognized, nonconsenting participants and examines the impact for modern medicine. For more information, visit www.hup.harvard.edu.
Gender identity
In August, the University of Minnesota Press released “Written by the Body: Gender Expansiveness and Indigenous Non-Cis Masculinities,” by Lisa Tatonetti, PhD. The book follows the history of gender and masculinity for North American Indigenous populations from the 18th century through today. For more information, visit www.upress.umn.edu.
Fatigue
In April, the University of North Carolina press published “Sick and Tired: an Intimate History of Fatigue,” by Emily Abel, PhD, MA. The book examines the medical history of fatigue, chronicling the underdiagnosed, unrecognized and undertreated story of the condition. For more information, visit https://uncpress.org
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