Description
The goal of this presentation is to provide public health department staff an introduction and an overview of effective risk communication strategies, including involving the public as a partner and methods to work with the media. This training provides public health department staff with an overview of risk communication. This training discusses basic risk communication theories, risk communication before, during, and after a disaster, the importance of involving the public as a partner, and introduces methods to work with the media to disseminate messages.

Learning Objectives

1. Define risk communication.
2. Discuss basic risk communication theories.
3. Identify ways to involve the public as a partner during an emergency response.
4. Describe methods to work with the media.

Intended Audience
Includes:

• Administrators/managers
• Environmental health professionals
• Health officials
• Rural public health professionals
• State or local public health workers