Too Much Information? Public health planning and communication

Promoting the public health, particularly in times of crisis, requires effective knowledge dissemination and communication. Recent public health threats, including the Walkerton E. coli crisis and the H1N1 pandemic threat of 2009/2010 demonstrate the strong public and media interest in public health emergencies, but also highlight the difficulty of establishing positive and practical channels of communication about public health threats and strategies without engendering undue anxiety. Too Much Information? Public health planning and communication aims to address the issue of effective communication in light of the recent experience with public health threats. The panel includes an award-winning health reporter, and renowned scholars researching knowledge translation and pandemic planning.