Data Communication

The following is a list of curated learning opportunities on Data Communication reviewed by the RMPHTC team for your reference. Click each of the buttons below to jump to resources utilizing that modality.

Self-Paced Resources

Communicating With Data

Topic Areas: Data

Target Audience: General Public Health Staff, Healthcare

Approximate length:

Offered by: Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS)

Requirements: Launch through TRAIN (Create account)

Cost: Free

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Basic Concepts in Data Analysis for Community Health Assessment - Presenting Public Health Data

Topic Areas: Public health data

Target Audience: Public health professionals who want to increase their familiarity with the basic concepts of epidemiology

Approximate length: 45 minutes

Offered by: Northwest Center for Public Health Practice (NWCPHP)

Requirements: Create account

Cost: Free

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Data Interpretation for Public Health Professionals

Topic Areas: Public health data

Target Audience: Public health nurses, Environmental health specialists, Other front-line public health workers, and Health educators who have not had epidemiological or statistical training but need to be able to read, interpret, and present public health data

Approximate length: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Offered by: Northwest Center for Public Health Practice

Requirements: Launch through TRAIN (Create account)

Cost: Free

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Recorded Webinars/Videos

The Challenge of Numeracy: Why Simply Providing Data is not Enough

Topic Areas:

Target Audience: General public health staff, Public health

Approximate length: 1 hour

Offered by: Center for Public Health Practice & Leadership (CPHPL) and APHA Health Communication Working Group

Requirements: Launch through TRAIN (Create account)

Cost: Free

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Harnessing the power of Data: Presenting the Data

Topic Areas:

Target Audience: Public health and clinical practitioners, including maternal and child health staff, health educators, nurses, and environmental health specialists seeking an introduction to data analytics

Approximate length: 10 minutes

Offered by: Mid-Atlantic Regional Public Health Training Center

Requirements: Registration required; Create account

Cost: Free

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Six Steps to Performing a Community Health Assessment - Step 6: Determine How to Use and Communicate Results

Topic Areas: Data, Community health assessment

Target Audience: Public health professionals who work or provide services at the community level, including those at health departments and non-profit organizations

Approximate length: 32 minutes

Offered by: Mid-Atlantic Regional Public Health Training Center

Requirements: None

Cost: Free

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PDF Documents

Making Data Talk: A Workbook

Topic Areas: Data, Communication, Communication concepts

Target Audience: Public health practitioners, Researchers, Clinicians, and others in the public health field

Approximate length: 40 pages

Offered by: National Cancer Institute

Requirements: Registration required

Cost: Free

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Communicating with Data: A Guide to Writing Public Health Data Reports

Topic Areas: Public Health reports

Target Audience: Surveillance, Epidemiology staff and Communications staff

Approximate length: 26 minutes

Offered by: Data For Health Initiative

Requirements: None

Cost: Free

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Data Dissemination

Topic Areas: Communication, Dissemination

Target Audience: Public health practitioners

Approximate length: 36 minutes

Offered by: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Requirements: None

Cost: Free

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