Helping Patients Understand and Cope with BRCA Mutations
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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
Risk communication and decision-making in the prevention of invasive breast cancer.
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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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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
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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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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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
Analysing media framing of cyclone Amphan: Implications for risk communication and disaster preparedness
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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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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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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
Making climate information services accessible to communities: What can we learn from environmental risk communication research?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2019.100537
Abstract: This paper evaluates the role of socio-cultural issues in developing climate information services that are accessible and engaging to urban communities. Two public-facing city-level climate information provision initiatives in Japan are evaluated in light of… read more here.
Keywords: information; information services; climate; risk communication ... See more keywords
Clarification of the Concept of Risk Communication and its Role in Public Health Crisis Management in China
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DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2019.10
Abstract: ABSTRACT Risk communication plays a very important role in the prevention of public health crisis events and has been considered by the World Health Organization (WHO) to be 1 of the main functions of an… read more here.
Keywords: health crisis; health; risk communication; public health ... See more keywords
Handling Distrust on Risk Communication in Nigeria: A Strategy to Strengthening the COVID-19 Outbreak Response
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DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2021.245
Abstract: Background: This study aimed to assess the level of trust in the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) risk communication efforts in Nigeria. Methods: We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study among community members aged 15 years and… read more here.
Keywords: trust; level trust; risk communication;