From Fringe to Forefront: The Continued Attack on the Public Health of Marginalized Groups (WALH1018)

Join Dr. Bruce Ragon to earn one (1) no-cost CECH contact hour.

Discovering the issues that impact health behavior requires a comprehensive, ever evolving approach that goes far beyond the individual behavioral concept. Evidence-based public health practice, an honored professional methodology, has been elevated to an imperative given the age of conspiracy theories, social media’s reach, and the ease of messaging by outliers.

This presentation will take an unimpeded look at emerging disinformation and misinformation issues surrounding specific populations regarding such topics as vaccine hesitancy and antiestablishment ideas. Such concerns have flourished with the rise of COVID-19, global mandates for vaccine use, and the organized efforts to subvert public health. Using data-driven, evidence-based techniques, ideas to counter these fringe positions will be discussed, providing public health and healthcare professionals, government planners, and students an opportunity to confront these ideas by understanding how they form and are delivered.

Learning Objectives:

Acquire a greater historical understanding of evidenced-based solutions and their role in promoting disease prevention and health promotion.
Be able to identify the current models and theories surrounding legitimate evidence-based findings and material from questionable sources used in counterarguments.
Acquire a greater understanding of the need for evidenced-based practice, especially in a world of conspiracy theories that have no foundation but are viewed as legitimate by some.

Accreditation Statement(s)
Walden University is a designated provider (ID# 123343) of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc.

Walden University is an approved provider of CPH recertification credits by the National Board of Public Health Examiners.

ADA Accommodation Statement
If you need accommodations to attend this webinar, please e-mail [email protected].