Another 31 Days of Health Equity!
It’s been a while since I wrote one of these summaries. Chalk it up to new projects, new opportunities, and a lack of time to simply sit down and do… Read More
Category: Monthly recap
What’s going on in Health Equity?
Our analysis of the recent trends in academic articles, news articles and tweets.
Three Sources of Community Psychology Updates that didn’t work (and one that did)
The really important community work happens in the community, not the laboratory. To get a more robust picture of the state of community-based research and action, we’ve started looking more… Read More
The Month in Suicide Research (and Reporting)
For those of us who straddle between research and practice, it may not be enough to keep abreast of the scientific literature. It’s important, of course–PubTrawlr was founded on that… Read More
Climate, COVID, Abortion: the month in health equity
Cutting-edge health equity research doesn’t just happen in scientific journals. There’s a vibrant community of practitioners, advocates, and community members with lived experience working towards better health and wellbeing for… Read More
Journals! Twitter! Newspapers! Oh my! The month in community psychology
For a recent post on Suicide Research, we broadened our data horizon considerably. In addition to pulling in the academic research, we also looked at the discussion on Twitter and… Read More
Reddit, Twitter, and more: August in Suicide Research
For August, we went a little deeper in the whole “discourse space” on suicide. In addition to the scan of the published academic literature and Twitter trends, we also pulled… Read More
Catching up with…Health Equity: July 2021
North American Summer is a strange time. We expect things to slow down. We expect fewer meetings because people will be on vacation. Because of that, I wrongly expected that… Read More
The dog days of COVID – July in Community Psychology
The dog days of summer can be a blessing to many who straddle the academic world. Here — finally — is the spaciousness to read, write, unwind, upwind, do all… Read More
Catching up with…Suicide Research: July 2021
A recent social media post grabbed my attention. The government of Japan appointed a Minister of Loneliness to address increasing suicide rates. This trend is, in part, driven by rising… Read More
June [was] Bustin’ Out All Over: The Month in Health Equity Research
Good ideas and interesting findings are a dime in a dozen. The really critical challenge, at least to us, is getting these ideas into practice where they can impact more… Read More
June in Community Psychology
Not once, but twice this week, we had the opportunity to share one of our favorite community psychology stories/parables: Lenny Jason’s classic work in Dog Litter. If you don’t know… Read More