Center for Health Communication

Creator resources

The Center for Health Communication at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health prepares public health leaders of all kinds—including social media creators, who in today’s world millions of people look to for health information—to effectively communicate critical health information.

As part of our Creator Program, we create content toolkits and briefings for creators who want to spread evidence-based health information, starting with those working in mental health.

Joe Allen and Sasha Hamdani pictured side by side.
Joe Allen, Associate Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Sasha Hamdani, Psychiatrist and creator @thepsychdoctormd giving a briefing about air quality and mental health.

Explore our library of toolkits and briefings by topic:

How racial discrimination decays mental health, and what we can do about it

Use our toolkit and briefing to help your community understand and act on the links between racial discrimination and mental health.

Parenting and social media: how parents can support teen mental health

Conversations involving teens, mental health, social media and parenting are often anxiety-ridden and tense. Use our toolkit and briefing to help your community turn these into more productive and hopeful conversations.

Unpacking fatphobia, weight discrimination, and their deadly repercussions

Weight discrimination is more than bullying. It is a systemic, structural, and deadly problem that affects everyone. Use our toolkit and briefing to talk about it with your audiences.

We all need support

Young people are more likely to ask each other for mental health support than they are to ask adults or mental health professionals. Use our toolkit and briefing to talk about how to provide quality support.

Healthy air, healthy minds

The connection between air pollution and mental health is a critical but overlooked aspect of mental well-being. Use our toolkit and briefing to talk about it with your audiences.

Connecting people to the help they need

Around the world, people can’t access the mental health care they need. Use our toolkit to talk about the emerging mental health solutions that could scale to meet that need.

How trauma spans generations

A mother’s mental health struggles are not just her own. Use our toolkit to talk about how those struggles can reverberate for generations, and what researchers and mental health providers think they can do about it.

The science behind the mind-body link

Mental health is physical health. Use our toolkit to talk about the emerging science behind the mind-body link.

The truth behind ‘climate grief’

The climate crisis is degrading our mental health. Use our toolkit to talk about who is bearing the greatest burden and what tools and resources we have and need to cope.

Social media and well-being

Scientists have shown that social media can have positive and negative effects on our mental health. Use our toolkit to talk about what the evidence says.

Mental health and financial stability

Giving families with kids a tax credit improves parents’ mental health. Use our toolkit to talk about the evidence for that link.

Mindfulness and mental health

Mindfulness may serve as a proactive and protective measure for mental health. Use our toolkit to talk about how it promotes self-awareness, emotional regulation, stress reduction, and overall resilience in the face of life’s challenges.

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