This micro-training highlights the rhetorical situation as a key strategy for effective, persuasive public health communication. By aligning purpose, audience, genre, and context with clear, accessible language, public health professionals can effectively engage communities and drive positive health outcomes.

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Learning Objectives: 

By the end of this training learners will be able to:

• Define rhetorical situation
• Identify the components of rhetorical situation
• Describe how rhetorical situation relates to public health communication
• Apply rhetorical situation to public health scenarios to effectively communicate with your audience

Format: Self-paced training

Duration:  ~10 minutes

Arranged by: Dulce Rodriguez, Instructional Specialist

Subject Matter Experts: Laura Gronewold, PhD

Target Audience: Public Health Professionals including community health workers, doctors, nurses, social workers, dietitians, and health educators.

Published: June 2025

Disclosures:  The planners, reviewers, and authors have no declared conflicts of interest.

CE Available: None