Communication is essential to every position in public health, including environmental public health practitioners. The constantly evolving information environment and the complexity of modern public health challenges make effective communication more important than ever. In response to calls for modernized and updated communication competencies, this CIHR-funded project is using a multi-step process to develop a contemporary health communication competency framework that will contribute to public health systems transformation. Through a collaborative consensus-building process involving health communication experts and the public health workforce, we developed a comprehensive and modernized competency framework with the goal of transforming communication in public health education, professional development, and practice. The competency statements within the new framework will be presented, which reflects the communication-related values, knowledge, skills, and behaviours essential for tackling complex public health issues. Examples of environmental public health practice will be woven throughout the presentation to contextualize the new competencies.
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