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Take a look at what CDC programs are doing to reach their target audiences. Explore these links to current campaigns, health communication and social marketing materials, and interventions. Knowing what has worked may help you develop your health promotion materials and campaigns.

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The CDC Clear Communication Index (Index) is a research-based tool to help you develop and assess public communication materials.
The Index has 4 introductory questions and 20 scored items drawn from scientific literature in communication and related disciplines.
The items represent the most important characteristics that enhance and aid people’s understanding of information.

These design guides are intended to help you create fact sheets in accordance with the Index. You will find two different design guides. The Fact Sheet Design Guide is to be used by staff when developing or revising a traditional fact sheet with the primary purpose of providing actionable information about a health topic. The Data Sheet Design Guide is to be used by staff when developing or revising a fact sheet with the primary purpose of conveying current data on a topic.

Everyday Words for Public Health Communication offers expert recommendations from CDC's Health Literacy Council and other agency communicators on how to reduce jargon and improve reader understanding. You can search for public health jargon or plain language words and find alternatives and example sentences.

Language in communication products should reflect and speak to the needs of people in the audience of focus. The following provides some preferred terms for select population groups; these terms attempt to represent an ongoing shift toward non-stigmatizing language.

Consider using the preferred terms below to avoid promoting stigma and misinformation around HIV.

Based on psychological and communication sciences, studies in issues management, and practical lessons learned from emergency responses. The CERC manual is intended for public health response officials and communicators who have a basic knowledge of public health communication, working with the media and social media, and local and national response structures.

Resources to help you create effective materials.

The Digest provides access to journal articles and reports about health communication and marketing science.​

Emphasizes the importance of addressing all people inclusively and respectfully. These principles are intended to help public health professionals, particularly health communicators, within and outside of CDC ensure their communication products and strategies adapt to the specific cultural, linguistic, environmental, and historical situation of each population or audience of focus.

offer responders and public health professionals training and resources to communicate more effectively in an emergency. CERC trainings are based on lessons learned during public health emergencies, evidence-based practices from the fields of risk and crisis communication, and psychology.

CDC podcast shows what it’s really like to be a health communicator. We take you behind the scenes, with practitioners from small local health departments, to large federal agencies, and in between. Listen to your colleagues talk about their recent campaigns, best practices, and more.

Management of public health emergencies requires effective use of legal authorities. In these incidents, public health and emergency management responses must be coordinated under a complex set of federal, state, tribal, and local laws. CDC’s Public Health Emergency Law course prepares state, tribal, local, and territorial practitioners to make informed legal decisions related to emergency preparedness and response activities in their jurisdictions.

High-quality, engaging public health learning opportunities.

The Society is a member-driven organization bridging the gap between public health, healthcare, digital health, academia, and research. By breaking down the silos and connecting health professionals at all levels, we’re building a powerful, connected community. By uniting our members, we're building a unified voice to shape and advance the field of health communication. We are an international organization, based in the USA, serving members from all countries.

This toolkit was created to help you during a disease outbreak, natural disaster or other public health emergency. These templates, checklists and fact sheets are designed to give you a head start when planning an emergency response.