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Official risk communication for COVID-19 and beyond: can we do a better job?

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recommendations! Published in 2024 at "Environment Systems and Decisions"

DOI: 10.1007/s10669-024-09980-z

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic strained the infrastructure of public health systems worldwide and unearthed the social and institutional challenges of operating in a global crisis. This was exacerbated in the United States (U.S.), as public risk… read more here.

Keywords: official risk; covid; risk communication; risk ... See more keywords

Evaluating elements of risk communication in risk messaging from officials on Twitter in the 2021 Marshall fire

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recommendations! Published in 2024 at "Natural Hazards"

DOI: 10.1007/s11069-024-06441-3

Abstract: The Marshall fire in Boulder County, Colorado sparked and spread into nearby urban areas in an unusually fast timeframe. Without a widely used warning system to alert the public, officials used social media as one… read more here.

Keywords: risk messaging; risk; risk communication; marshall fire ... See more keywords

Helping Patients Understand and Cope with BRCA Mutations

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recommendations! Published in 2022 at "Current Oncology Reports"

DOI: 10.1007/s11912-022-01254-8

Abstract: Individuals carrying germline mutations in BRCA1/2 have unique psychosocial and educational needs that must be met to ensure informed clinical decision-making. In this review, we highlight the strategies used in clinical practice to support patients’… read more here.

Keywords: support; brca; helping patients; risk communication ... See more keywords

Understanding Risk Communication Through a Postcolonial Theory Perspective: Lessons from Three Studies on COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy

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recommendations! Published in 2024 at "International Journal of Disaster Risk Science"

DOI: 10.1007/s13753-024-00598-y

Abstract: This article uses postcolonial theory to examine optimal risk communication practices of new risks and scientific information to non-indigenous communities. The article calls on risk communication scholars and health practitioners to embrace postcolonial theory as… read more here.

Keywords: communication; three studies; postcolonial theory; risk communication ... See more keywords

Risk communication and decision-making in the prevention of invasive breast cancer.

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recommendations! Published in 2017 at "Breast"

DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2017.06.028

Abstract: Risk communication surrounding the prevention of invasive breast cancer entails not only understanding of the disease, risks and opportunities for intervention. But it also requires understanding and implementation of optimal strategies for communication with patients… read more here.

Keywords: prevention invasive; breast; communication; invasive breast ... See more keywords

"There is a chance for me" - Risk communication in advanced maternal age genetic counseling sessions in South Africa.

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recommendations! Published in 2019 at "European journal of medical genetics"

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2018.12.014

Abstract: Providing risk information is central to genetic counseling. Many studies have examined risk communication, but the focus has been on professional and patient perspectives. Less information is available on risk communication in interactions. This study… read more here.

Keywords: genetic counseling; risk; risk communication; information ... See more keywords
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Flood risk perceptions and coping capacities among the retired population, with implications for risk communication: A study of residents in a north Wales coastal town, UK

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recommendations! Published in 2020 at "International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction"

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101793

Abstract: Abstract Flood risk communication strategies have been ineffective for older adults as they have failed to accommodate diversity, viewing retired populations as homogenous. There have been calls from academics and NGOs to develop more detailed… read more here.

Keywords: risk; communication; risk communication; flood risk ... See more keywords

The structuralization of risk communication work and objectives in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster

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recommendations! Published in 2020 at "International journal of disaster risk reduction"

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101899

Abstract: Abstract Researchers have not comprehensively considered the contents and objectives of risk communication. In this study, interviews were conducted with 10 risk communicators who worked on risk communication of the various health risks arising after… read more here.

Keywords: nuclear disaster; communication; risk communication; fukushima nuclear ... See more keywords
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Analysing media framing of cyclone Amphan: Implications for risk communication and disaster preparedness

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recommendations! Published in 2021 at "International journal of disaster risk reduction"

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102272

Abstract: Abstract The role of media framing is drawing significant scholarly attention among disaster and climate scholars in recent times, in terms of its short and long-term impacts on risk preparedness and climate change adaptation. In… read more here.

Keywords: media framing; preparedness; cyclone amphan; risk communication ... See more keywords

Ethical aspects of risk communication

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recommendations! Published in 2020 at "Medicine"

DOI: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2020.07.011

Abstract: Abstract The essence of risk communication is to provide patients with a clear understanding of the benefits, harms, trade-offs and uncertainties of any proposed treatment. Doctors often assume that they do this well, but often… read more here.

Keywords: medicine; risk; risk communication; ethical aspects ... See more keywords

Lessons of success and failure: Practicing risk communication at government agencies

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recommendations! Published in 2019 at "Safety Science"

DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2019.05.025

Abstract: Abstract The study looks at government agency officials’ experiences of what characterizes successful and failed risk communication. It is theoretically positioned within a practice based approach to risk communication and management as an organizational activity,… read more here.

Keywords: success failure; risk communication; government; risk ... See more keywords