ESHH 540 Assessment and Communication of Risk

This course focuses on risk and crisis communication in public health, including how public health professionals engage and communicate with broad populations during probable, imminent, ongoing, and fast-moving events. The course explores the historical, social, and media contexts of public health communication, with attention to how trust is built and misinformation is addressed. Students will develop a human health risk assessment, evaluate and learn to work from current risk and crisis communication toolboxes, apply risk and crisis communication frameworks, and analyze contemporary cases to evaluate effective and ineffective practices.​