At a glance
Effective health communication can be complicated. Save time and make your campaigns more successful with these trainings, tools, and templates. Explore the resources below.
Public Health Emergency Law online training
CDC’s Public Health Emergency Law course prepares state, tribal, local, and territorial practitioners to make informed legal decisions related to emergency preparedness and response activities in their jurisdictions.
Region IV Public Health Training Center
The Region IV Public Health Training Center (PHTC) is one of 10 regional PHTCs in the Public Health Learning Network. The Region IV PHTC is comprised of the Central Office located at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; seven Community-Based Training Partners (CBTs); and three Technical Assistance Providers (TAPs).
The services provided by the Central Office and seven Community-Based Training Partners within Region IV include public health workforce trainings and student field placements. Competency-based trainings are guided by state-identified needs and focus on primary strategic skills and priority health concerns in the region.
Trainings
Find current health literacy trainings
Public Health Learning Navigator – search to find trainings related to Communication
Develop products for adults with IDD and ELL
How to Develop Products for Adults with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities and Extreme Low Literacy: A Product Development Tool.
Use this tool to develop products for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and extreme low literacy (ELL).
Tools
Observance Day Planning Tool [XLS – 258 KB] – Make your Observance Days a breeze with this handy tool.
Health Communication Playbook
Courtesy of Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
Health communication can be challenging. This playbook will make it easier. When you need to communicate with the public about environmental health, you may be dealing with tight deadlines, complex topics, and distracted or confused audiences. So when you spend the time and resources to develop a new product — whether it's a website for consumers (i.e., non-scientific audiences) or a presentation for policymakers — you want to know it will work. You want to feel confident your material will:
- Resonate with the right audience
- Provide the right information
- Be easy to understand
Image libraries (PHIL)
Public Health Image Library (PHIL) – (CDC) – Photographs, Illustrations, Multimedia Files.
Public Health Media Library – Photographs, Illustrations, Multimedia Files from the media.
PLACES: Local data for better health
PLACES is a collaboration between CDC, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the CDC Foundation. PLACES provides health data for small areas across the country. This allows local health departments and jurisdictions, regardless of population size and rurality, to better understand the burden and geographic distribution of health measures in their areas and assist them in planning public health interventions.