Many in environmental public health (epidemiologists, interns, project officers, program managers) engage in some degree of health communication, whether formally trained in the field or not. Furthermore, as budgets and funding sources tighten, more and more public health practitioners in understaffed offices are tasked with a wide scope of duties, including health communication, that may go beyond their areas of expertise and experience.
Concern about health literacy further amplifies the need for functional knowledge of more than the basic tenets of good communication. The ability to implement key health communication strategies that effectively reach target audiences such as underserved, cross-cultural, and basic-literacy populations is today an essential skill for any public health professional. And the complexity of environmental health topics can make this particularly challenging.
This interactive workshop familiarizes attendees with key research- and evidence-based health communication strategies for plain language, writing for the web, writing for print, and risk communication. The workshop comprises a mix of lecture, instructor-led discussion, individual exercises, and group activity.
The intent of the workshop is to provide practical guidance, experience (through classroom activities), and resources so that attendees can implement what they’ve learned immediately after the learning lab.
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This would be a great course, because risk communication is a big deal. Say the wrong thing, and your organization'll be paying for it for a long time. I know this from experience. This class would go well with the conflict negotiation one I just read about. I need all the leadership/management training I can get.
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