R U OK? Cartoon Conversation

Suicide is second to only accidental death as the leading cause of mortality in young men across the world. High-lethality methods of suicide are preferred by young men: hanging and firearms in high-income countries, pesticide poisoning in the Indian subcontinent, and charcoal-burning in east Asia (Lancet, 2012).

Need some tips to start a meaningful conversation? This cartoon presentation in video format will help you and your friends have conversations that count:



Hugh Jackman shows his support for R U OK?Day, a national day of action that aims to prevent suicide by encouraging people to connect with colleagues, friends and loved ones and ask: "Are you OK?". Suicide prevention in Australia: "A conversation could save a life", link via @dreamingspires.



References:

http://ruokday.com.au

NEJM Facebook page hit a million likes. Animated cartoon Editor-in-Chief thanks you (video)

The NEJM Facebook page hit a million likes. Animated cartoon Editor-in-Chief thanks you: http://buff.ly/1k5jxbW

Post by The New England Journal of Medicine.

During the NEJM Horizons Conference to Push Boundaries of Traditional Medical Publishing in 2008, I advised the Editor-in-Chief, Jeffrey Drazen, and the NEJM staff to consider adding videos with the lead authors and editors:

- Add video summaries by the authors (and possibly the editors) to each research article.
- Add a video summary by the editor on the front page - 5 minute long, make it available on YouTube.
- Add embeddable audio/images/video

Over the years, they started using more video, but with a NEJM twist. The Editor-in-Chief presents the main findings of the study as an animated character - see an example: Nut Consumption and Mortality:



References:

CasesBlog - Medical and Health Blog: NEJM Horizons Conference to Push Boundaries of Traditional Medical Publishing, Day 3 http://buff.ly/1mGkxa9