2:30-3:45pm
Webinar
Join APHA, the de Beaumont Foundation, CityHealth and the National Association of Counties on Monday, Dec. 8, at 2:30 p.m. ET for a conversation about how public health professionals can communicate more effectively with policymakers. The session will highlight research-tested messages and practical strategies to help make these conversations more confident and impactful. We’d love to have you be part of this timely discussion.
Effective public health practice starts with effective communication. Every policy, decision, and investment in public health directly shapes people’s daily lives, from the water that flows from our taps, to the safety of our neighborhoods, to the opportunities we have to live full and healthy lives. Yet too often, public health is seen — and sometimes positions itself — as an invisible force that prevents crises rather than a proactive force that creates well-being and prosperity.
In December 2025, the de Beaumont Foundation will release Communicating About Public Health with Policymakers: A Toolkit for Public Health Professionals, a toolkit based on new research with former elected officials and senior aides, which provides tested messages, framing strategies, and practical tools to help public health professionals engage decision-makers with confidence and clarity. The research revealed three main barriers to effective communication with policymakers: public health is often seen as zero-sum, ideological rather than practical, and dismissive of individual agency.