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Radon
Communication
Toolkit
Holly R. Wilson
Environmental Health Tracking Branch
September 29, 2016
Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects
National Center for Environmental Health
Radon Toolkit: Background
Tracking
Program
special
project,
2013-2014
Communicate Health,
Fall 2015
Internal
Partnerships,
2014
Final product,
Fall 2016
Radon Toolkit: Development
Content Review
Develop First Drafts
Evaluate
Disseminate
Evaluate
Radon Toolkit: Purpose
• Target audiences
1. Health educators and communicators
2. Environmental and public health professionals
• Objectives: To increase awareness of
• Radon risk
• Higher risk for lung cancer from synergistic effects of
smoking + radon exposure
• Importance of testing for radon
Radon Toolkit: Key Messages
1. Testing your home is the only way to find out if
you have a radon problem.
2. Living in a home with high radon levels
increases the risk of lung cancer.
3. Smoking makes radon even more dangerous.
CDC’s Radon
Communication Toolkit
• Free
• Web-based
• Content
• Ready-to-use
• Some customizable text
Toolkit
Components
• User guide
• Infographic
• Fact sheet
• Press release
• Matte article
• Social media
Online Toolkit
Visit the Tracking Network today!
www.cdc.gov/ephtracking
Questions?
Contact Holly Wilson
[email protected]
For more information please contact Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the
official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.