Risk Communication for Public Health
Monday, May 23, 2016
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM | Check-in begins at 8:15 AM
Location:
Calvert Substance Abuse Center
280 Stafford Road
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
Cost: None
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Please contact the Johns Hopkins Local Performance Site of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Public Health
Training Center at 443-287-6732 with any questions or concerns. Thank you.
ABOUT THIS TRAINING:
This training workshop will focus on core principles of risk communication of relevance to public health
practitioners in both routine and crisis settings. Interactive content will include practical applications of principles
including risk perception, trust determination, negative dominance, and mental noise.
Participants will learn to:
1. Define the relationship between risk perception and risk communication in public health.
2. Describe how to overcome the challenge of 'negative dominance' in crafting effective risk communication
messages.
3. Describe techniques to build and enhance stakeholders' trust in public health risk communication.
PRESENTER: Daniel J. Barnett, MD, MPH
Dr. Barnett is Principal Investigator of the Johns Hopkins Local Performance Site of the Mid-Atlantic Regional
Public Health Training Center and Core Faculty of the Office of Public Health Practice and Training at the Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where he is an Associate Professor. He regularly provides training in public
health core competencies and public health preparedness, particularly the applicability of emergency preparedness
concepts to daily public health practice activities. Dr. Barnett previously worked at Baltimore City Health Department's
Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, where he conducted preparedness training activities.
This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under
grant number UB6HP27882 "Regional Public Health Training Center Program.” This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be
construed as the official position or policy or, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.