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Fire risk communication in the urban informal sector: Evidence from traditional marketplaces in Accra, Ghana

open access: yesRisk, Hazards &Crisis in Public Policy, Volume 14, Issue 4, Page 297-320, December 2023., 2023
Abstract Urban marketplace fires in Ghana are chronic, devasting in economic losses and disproportionately impacting informal sector workers. Yet, the scholarly works on urban disasters have focused on hydrometeorological and other man‐made disasters to the neglect of marketplace fires, particularly the challenges in risk communication between ...
Matthew Abunyewah   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

What is good drinking water? 41 Years of risk perception on water quality in the vicinity of the Nuclear Research Centre Karlsruhe, 1956–1997

open access: yesRisk, Hazards &Crisis in Public Policy, Volume 14, Issue 4, Page 343-365, December 2023., 2023
Abstract This article traces the historical evolution of risk perception around the Nuclear Research Centre Karlsruhe, Germany, from 1956 to 1997. It does so by targeting the evolution of water‐related risks. Federal hopes in the postwar era that the Nuclear Research Centre would bring progress and prosperity clashed with local values and local ...
Alicia Gutting
wiley   +1 more source

Public attitudes and intentions toward engaging in reintroduction of wolves to Japan

open access: yesConservation Biology, Volume 37, Issue 6, December 2023., 2023
Abstract Reintroducing apex predators is an important approach in ecosystem restoration; however, it is challenging. Wolves (Canis lupus) were exterminated in Japan around 1900, and since then, there has been a lack of top predators throughout the country.
Ryo Sakurai   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

LGBTQIA+ victimization: A theoretical discourse

open access: yesSexuality, Gender &Policy, Volume 6, Issue 4, Page 253-262, November 2023., 2023
Abstract This paper draws on social construction and broken window theories as theoretical frameworks to explain how LGBTQIA+ are victimized due to discrimination and nonacceptance in their communities. Homosexual groups face a high risk of violence, discrimination, and prejudice because of their sexual orientation.
Ephraim Kevin Sibanyoni   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Art at the Start: A controlled trial and close observation of parent‐infant art therapy intervention

open access: yesInfant Mental Health Journal: Infancy and Early Childhood, Volume 44, Issue 5, Page 720-737, September 2023., 2023
Abstract This two‐part study seeks to evidence art therapy intervention for parent‐infant attachment relationships, looking at improvements to wellbeing and relationships. Study one was a controlled trial with 105 participating parent/caregivers and their infants (0–3‐years), identified due to concerns about their relationship.
Victoria Gray Armstrong, Josephine Ross
wiley   +1 more source

What drives feelings of responsibility for disaster preparedness? A case of power failures in Finland and New Zealand

open access: yesRisk, Hazards &Crisis in Public Policy, Volume 14, Issue 3, Page 188-208, September 2023., 2023
Abstract The division of responsibilities for disaster preparedness between individuals and society is rapidly evolving: national‐level preparedness has made way for networked disaster risk governance, and citizens are also expected to play their part.
Maija Nikkanen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Imagining the next pandemic: Finnish preparedness for chronic transboundary crises before and during COVID‐19

open access: yesRisk, Hazards &Crisis in Public Policy, Volume 14, Issue 3, Page 226-246, September 2023., 2023
Abstract Before the COVID‐19 pandemic, infectious disease experts had postulated that the next pandemic is only a matter of time, and Finland, among other nations, had prepared for it. Yet the COVID‐19 pandemic crossed the customary political, functional, and temporal boundaries of crisis management to a surprising degree.
Helmi Räisänen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intervención educativa para la percepción del riesgo a la caries dental en estudiantes de 7.mo grado. Sancti Spíritus

open access: yesGaceta Médica Espirituana, 2020
Fundamento: Los escasos conocimientos y la baja percepción de riesgo de los estudiantes son causas de que la caries dental constituya un problema de salud bucal. Objetivo: Evaluar la efectividad de una intervención educativa sobre percepción del riesgo
Ileana María Yero Mier   +5 more
doaj  

Distancia cultural y percepción de riesgo de Brasil según las recomendaciones de viaje oficiales

open access: yesPASOS Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural, 2019
La percepción de riesgo del turista es uno de los elementos que más influyen en la elección del destino a viajar. Esta percepción puede variar de acuerdo a la cultura del país de quien toma la decisión.
Diego R Toubes   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Percepción de riesgo de COVID-19 y adherencia a la medicación en pacientes con diabetes tipo 2

open access: yesRevista Mexicana de Endocrinología, Metabolismo y Nutrición, 2023
Antecedentes: La enfermedad por coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) representa mayores riesgos para personas con diabetes, pero se desconoce si el riesgo percibido de COVID-19 afecta la adherencia a la medicación de pacientes con diabetes.
Antonio Pineda   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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