Course Description
This course is provided by Prepare Iowa and will require a secondary login and/or registration.
The purpose of this scenario is to use the principles of crisis and risk communication during a response for public health emergency.
Target Audience
This course is designed for health practitioners who need to increase their ability to effectively communicate with the public, media, health care providers and response community during a public health emergency.
Learning Objectives
Having completed this course, the learner will be able to:
Discuss the underlying theories of crisis and risk communication guidelines.
Illustrate principles of developing a message map.
Explain how to utilize a message map.
Describe conducting pre-emergency planning to facilitate crisis and risk communication.
Describe strategies to effectively communicate risk to special populations.
Identify methods to identify and map special population groups.