Dear Members and Friends of YANA Europe,

Spotlight on Public Health Films

 

If you missed fellow YANA member Uy Hoang's fascinating and lively presentation on the Public Health Film Society, you can view it HERE.

Dr. Uy Hoang gave a spotlight presentation on the public health film festival which this year will focus on the effect of inequalities on health. Dr. Hoang discussed the history of the Public Health Film Society, of which he is the co-founder and current President, and the role of film in creating and disseminating evidence-based public health messages as a means of intervention and changing public health-related behavior.  Dr. Hoang works as a public health researcher at the UK National Sentinel Surveillance Centre based at the University of Surrey. He graduated from the Yale School of Public Health in 2006.  

Some of the resources Dr. Hoang mentioned in his talk are:

• a Lancet paper (available at http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(14)61649-4/fulltext) that describes the work of Development Media International (http://www.developmentmedia.net), an NGO which specialises in developing evidenced-based radio, TV and mobile campaigns to change behaviour and improve the lives of women and children in Africa;
• other organizations that may offer advice on the use of media in Africa and within the area of work on violence prevention would be the chairs of the UK Faculty of Public Health's Specialist Interest Groups on Africa and Global Violence Prevention who are both starting to use film in their work 

http://www.fph.org.uk/special_interest_groups 

 

http://www.fph.org.uk/global_violence_prevention_special_interest_group 

 

http://www.fph.org.uk/public_health_africa_special_interest_group 

 

• resources for finding other existing public health and mental health films, many are showcased in the following festivals/ events including the Scottish Mental Health arts and Film Festival, which has been running for the last decade.

https://www.mhfestival.com

• The American Public Health Association Global Health Film Festival is the leading such festival stateside  https://www.apha.org/filmfest
   
• The Global Health Film Festival of the RSM is the UK equivalent on Global Health:  https://www.globalhealthfilm.org 

• With regards to mental health care, Medfest is a small film festival sponsored by the Royal College of Psychiatrists which may have some relevant films

  http://www.medfest-archive.com/aboutmedfest.htm 

NB:  The Public Health Film Society is also looking for support and information on how to grow a non-profit from a start-up to a more sustainable model. They are focused on the need for robust evidence-based model for public health messaging and intervention through film, and want to reach a larger market. If you have expertise in this field or would like to get involved, please contact uy.hoang@aya.yale.edu.

Join the YANA Europe Planning Group

We are looking for YANA Europe members to join the chapter leadership and planning team.  Please contact europe@yalenonprofitalliance.org with your name, contact information, Yale affiliation, and reasoning for why and how you are interested in getting more involved.  Thank you!