Public Health Assessment Guidance Manual (Update): Chapter 4: Involving and Communicating With the Community

Public Health Assessment Guidance Manual (Update): Chapter 4: Involving and Communicating With the Community

Description:

This manual provides information about how to best communicate with community members; how to involve community members in the public health assessment process; how to respond to community health concerns; how to handle the public comment process; and how to disseminate information from the public health assessment.

Target Situation:

Public health professionals who want information on how to get the community involved in a public health assessment near a site where there has been exposure to hazardous material.

Case Studies:

For an example of addressing stress in a public health assessment, see Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services’ Health Consultation (Public Comment Version): Evaluation of Exposure to Landfill Gases in Ambient Air, Bridgeton Sanitary Landfill, Bridgeton, St. Louis County, Missouri.