Risk Communication for Public Health Preparedness and Response

These background materials are from a satellite broadcast (April 2, 2002) by Dr. Covello, director of the New York Center for Risk Communication and a well-known speaker on risk communication.

• Documents from the April 2 presentation
  • PowerPoint Slides the 57 slides on which the presentation were based
  • Adobe Acrobat version of the same slides
  • Adobe Acrobat version of the slides in handout format, three per page
  • 77 Questions Commonly asked by Journalists during a Crisis in Adobe Acrobat
  • Partial List of Smallpox Questions from the CDC Message Mapping project in Adobe Acrobat
• The Center for Risk Communication
• Risk Communication, the West Nile Virus Epidemic, and Bioterrorism an article by Dr. Covello
• Lessons Learned From the Front Lines of Risk and Crisis Communication 21 Guidelines for Effective Communication by Leaders Addressing High Anxiety, High Stress, or Threatening Situations -- from a Keynote address by Dr. Covello 2001
• Message map template