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Interdisciplinary Collaborations Required: Teaching Health Educators Infectious Disease Dynamics

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LIPPIInterdisciplinary Collaborations Required: Teaching Health Educators Infectious Disease Dynamics

Tyler G. James, Catherine A. Lippi

Article first published online: 8 JUL 2020 Pedagogy in Health Promotion

DOI: 10.1177/2373379920941531

ABSTRACT: Infectious diseases, including zoonotic infectious diseases, are some of the leading causes of the global burden of diseases. Public health education/promotion specialists are specifically trained in methods and theory to deliver risk communication that can help decrease the transmissibility, morbidity, and mortality of infectious diseases. However, the limited training of health educators in infectious disease dynamics represents a critical barrier for health educators wishing to engage in this work. In this commentary, we describe the importance of health education/promotion specialists being trained on infectious disease dynamics to engage in effective science and health communication locally and globally.

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