Rumor Has It

The October session of Hot Topics in Practice, Presenter Tara Kirk Sell, PhD, Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and Associate Professor in the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, will present a number of evidence-based communication practices to help public health practitioners anticipate rumors and draw from hands-on resources to confront them. By viewing this webinar, participants will be better prepared to make changes that can help ground health communication in greater transparency and trust.

By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:

• Describe key concepts in navigating the current health information environment
• List practical resources to address health rumors and foster trust
• Identify steps to address rumors