Kent State University

Create Awareness​

 

Exhibit contact information:

Dr. Kimberly Laurene, The Center for Public Policy and Health, Kent State University, klaurene@kent.edu

Dr. Deric Kenne, College of Public Health, Kent State University, dkenne@kent.edu

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Display period: 2019

 

Impact Upon Exhibition Trend:

Imagine students, faculty, and staff at a major university lending their names, faces, and stories of their mental health to be depicted online and on campus for all their peers to see. Kent State’s Talk On web initiative and the related Create Awareness exhibition utilize physical images – some placed in high-traffic campus locations – and online content to reach the entire campus community. This is the first exhibition our research has uncovered whose creators possess expertise in the realm of public health, and it serves as a model for how attitudes about mental health can be addressed and advanced at a community level.