Full course description
AWR-424-W: Pandemic Planning - Multilateral Risk Communication
Course Overview:
This web-based course will provide participants with an overview of multilateral risk communications during a pandemic. Topics to be covered include credibility and sources of information, methods of information dissemination and message crafting, and identifying ways that information is shared within the community.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify official sources of information for pandemic-related information
- Identify social centers where information is exchanged at the community level during a pandemic.
- Identify ways to provide accurate, appropriate, and accessible information that is critical for at-risk individuals during a pandemic using the Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) Crisis and Emergency Risk Communications (CERC) principles.
This project is supported by Cooperative Agreements EMW-2021-CA-00092, EMW-2021-CA-00093, EMW-2022-CA-00037, EMW-2023-GG019446, and EMW-2024-CA-05117 administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Points of view or opinions expressed in this document are those of the author and do not represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.