{"id":17741,"date":"2023-11-20T13:24:20","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T13:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/?p=17741"},"modified":"2023-11-20T14:29:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T14:29:56","slug":"graphic-medicine-and-region-7-whats-new-2023-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2023\/11\/20\/graphic-medicine-and-region-7-whats-new-2023-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Graphic Medicine and Region 7: What’s New? 2023 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TwoThis month, R7 was excited to contribute to the “Health Information @ The Library” series for Public Libraries Online with “Graphic Medicine and Public Libraries: A Tool for Health Literacy<\/a>.” Which makes it a great time to do a quick update on R7 and graphic medicine.<\/p>\n

Here’s What\u2019s New<\/h2>\n

This fall, we introduced two new Graphic Medicine Book Club Kits<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Topic: Alzheimer’s Disease<\/h5>\n

Title: Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer’s, My Mother, and Me by Sarah Leavitt (2010)<\/em><\/p>\n

Description:\u00a0 From the publisher: \u201cSarah Leavitt reveals how Alzheimer\u2019s disease transformed her mother, Midge, and her family forever. In spare black-and- white drawings and clear, candid prose, Sarah shares her family\u2019s journey through a harrowing range of emotions\u2014shock, denial, hope, anger, frustration\u2014all the while learning to cope, and managing to find moments of happiness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alzheimer’s Disease Discussion Guide<\/a>-Discussion guide created by Raeshelle Cooke as part of the 2022 University of Kentucky Alternative Spring Break program.<\/p>\n

Topic: Migrant Health<\/h5>\n

Title: The Most Costly Journey: Stories of Migrant Farmworkers in Vermont<\/em> Drawn by New England Cartoonists Edited by Marek Bennett, Andy Kolovos, Teresa Mares and Julia Grand Doucet (2021)<\/p>\n

Description: \u201cThis non-fiction comics anthology presents stories of survival and healing told by Latin American migrant farmworkers in Vermont, and drawn by New England cartoonists as part of the El Viaje M\u00e1s Caro Project\u2026aimed at addressing the overlooked mental health needs of these vulnerable immigrants\u2026this collected edition brings the lives and voices\u2013as well as the challenges and hardships\u2013of these workers to an English-language audience, granting insight into the experiences and lives of the people vital to producing the food we eat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Migrant Health Graphic Medicine Discussion Guide<\/a><\/p>\n

To make room for these two new kits (and a third on the way by the end of the year), we\u2019ve retired the AIDS kit featuring Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned <\/em>by Judd Winick. The AIDS discussion guide<\/a> is still available to use on the updated R7 Graphic Medicine page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And what might be new to you<\/h2>\n

If you\u2019re feeling like you missed some background information with the above update, here\u2019s some more information about graphic medicine resources and services that R7 has to offer.<\/p>\n