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Overview

Duration

14 hours

Total fee

Free

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

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Credential

Certificate

Connect with Diverse Audiences during a Public Health Crisis
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Connect with Diverse Audiences during a Public Health Crisis
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Highlights

  • Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
  • 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
  • Course 3 of 3 in the Leadership for Public Health Crises Specialization
  • Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
  • Beginner Level Individuals in leadership positions, with a need to formally communicate health information to public audiences, or those in training.
  • Approx. 14 hours to complete
  • English Subtitles: English
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  • Public health communicators have a duty to communicate health information with integrity, accuracy, and clarity. For messaging to be most effective, public health communicators must help their audiences draw meaningful connections with the information being shared, and connect with them in ways that foster trust and credibility.
  • This course emphasizes how public health communicators can segment their audiences into smaller groups, thereby allowing them to tailor messages to each group's unique needs. You will explore how public health communicators recognize and overcome underlying biases, assumptions, and stereotypes to create messaging that is rooted in empathy, as well as leverage persuasive communication strategies to frame and deliver messages in ways that appeal to audiences? core values. You will learn to approach media interviews with confidence, adjust your communication strategy in the moment, and center your focus on your audiences and their needs.
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Curriculum

AUDIENCE SEGMENTATION

Introduction to Audience Segmentation

Definition and Origins of Audience Segmentation

Examples of Audience Segmentation

Benefits and The Segmentation Process

Digital Segmentation of Priority Populations in Public Health

Audience Segmentation Techniques

Segmentation in Health Communication Campaigns

Audience Segmentation to Disseminate Behavioral Health Evidence to Legislators

Stimulating Dialogues on Health Topics in Collaboration with Social Media Influencers

Check Your Understanding

Check Your Understanding

Check Your Understanding

Check Your Understanding

APPLY EMPATHY TO CONNECT WITH AN AUDIENCE

Getting to Know Your Audience & Creating Memorable Messages

Recognizing Biases, Assumptions, and Stereotypes

Overcoming Your Curse of Knowledge

Strategizing Your Talking Points

The Science of Empathy

CDC: Understanding Audiences in the Context of Crisis Communication

WEBINAR: Selling without Selling Out: How to Communicate Science

Empathy and the Health of Populations

Duke Experts: Meet Vaccine Skeptics with Empathy

Check Your Understanding

Check Your Understanding

Check Your Understanding

Check Your Understanding

PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION

Message Framing

Artistic Proofs

Information Source and Message Factors

Framing Public Health Issues

Risk = Hazard + Outrage

Designated Spokesperson & Nonverbal Communication

Narrative Health Communication: The Influence of Exemplars in the News

Check Your Understanding

Check Your Understanding

Check Your Understanding

MEDIA INTERVIEWS: CONNECTING WITH INTERVIEWERS AND VIEWERS

Preparing for Media Interviews

Interview Logistics

Strategizing Talking Points for Interviews

Working with the Media

Media Interviews: Avoiding Pitfalls; Understanding Stakeholders; Preparing Messages

Check Your Understanding

Check Your Understanding

Check Your Understanding

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