Table 1 Outcomes and correlates from science communication training.

Science communication training

Akin et al. (2021)^a

Participant behavior, attitudes, and beliefs

Social norms

Aurbach et al. (2019)

Participant skills

(1) Defining strategic goals and objectives; (2) Landscape and audience analysis; (3) Messaging; (4) Language: Jargon, analogies, metaphors; (5) Narratives; (6) Visual design; (7) Nonverbal communication; (8) Writing; (9) Dialog and respect for worldviews/culture

Baram-Tsabari and Lewenstein (2013)^a

Participant skills

(1) Writing; (2) Language: Jargon, analogies, metaphors; (3) Information selection; (4) Information organization; (5) Tone and formality; (6) Narratives; (7) Dialog and respect for worldviews/culture

Capers et al. (2022)^a

Participant skills

(1) Speech; (2) Language: Jargon, analogies, metaphors; (3) Nonverbal communication

Peterman et al. (2017)^a

Participant behavior, attitudes, and beliefs

Outcome expectations

Robertson Evia et al. (2018)^a

Participant behavior, attitudes, and beliefs

Self-efficacy

Rodgers et al. (2020)^a

Participant knowledge; Participant behavior, attitudes, and beliefs

(1) Science communication and translation knowledge; (2) Self-efficacy; (3) Attitudes toward training; (4) Outcome expectations; (5) Training satisfaction; (6) Training efforts; (7) Behavioral intent

Rubega et al. (2021)^a

Participant skills

(1) Speech; (2) Language: Jargon, analogies, metaphors; (3) Communicator engaged; (4) Communicator credibility