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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

Percepción de riesgo y conocimiento de la infección por el Virus del Papiloma Humano en un grupo de hombres mexicanos

open access: yesPoblación y Salud en Mesoamérica
Introducción.  La infección por el virus de papiloma humano es la infección viral de transmisión sexual más frecuente, que puede ser prevenida con conocimiento y actitudes que promuevan el sexo seguro.
Diego Sosa-Hernandez   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Percepción del riesgo de inundación en el municipio de Ontinyent (Comunitat Valenciana)

open access: yesCuadernos de Geografía de la Universitat de València, 2020
En la Comunidad Valenciana, los episodios de inundaciones generan un fuerte impacto en la sociedad y su territorio. La torrencialidad de las precipitaciones del clima mediterráneo, junto a las características de las cuencas de drenaje de la vertiente ...
Marc Torró Segura   +2 more
doaj   +5 more sources

Exploring legal‐ and health‐risk messaging to reduce demand for elephant skin

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) are poached for an illegal trade in their skins, which are used in traditional medicine in Africa and Asia. We explored whether messages about the legal and health risks of using elephant skin for medicinal purposes (stomach illness) could reduce such consumption.
Beilu Duan   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Crisis epilépticas en niños con síndrome de Dravet en condiciones de calor extremo: estudio cualitativo de la perspectiva de los progenitores

open access: yesDevelopmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
Resumen Objetivo Describir la experiencia de progenitores de niños y adolescentes con síndrome de Dravet en relación con el impacto de las olas de calor o las altas temperaturas ambientales en las crisis epilépticas de sus hijos, así como las estrategias de afrontamiento empleadas.
Angel Aledo‐Serrano   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Percepción entre médicos bogotanos del riesgo de reacciones adversas a grupos de medicamentos de uso común

open access: yesBiomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2014
Introducción. Las reacciones adversas a medicamentos son un problema de salud pública; sin embargo, todavía son muchos los médicos que no parecen reconocer el riesgo asociado al uso de medicamentos. Objetivo.
Jefferson Antonio Buendia   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

More pumas (Puma concolor) does not change perceptions: The mismatched response of ranchers to the presence of a top carnivore

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 7, Page 2148-2161, July 2026.
Abstract Human‐wildlife conflicts (HWCs) are one of the most critical conservation challenges worldwide. Large carnivores are frequently at the centre of these conflicts because of the perceived and real threats they pose to livestock and human safety.
Esperanza C. Iranzo   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Online Risk Behaviours Among Adolescents: Identifying Areas of Digital Vulnerability

open access: yesChildren &Society, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 474-488, May 2026.
ABSTRACT As a period during which they undergo important physical, emotional and social changes, adolescence is of great importance for minors. In addition, adolescence is an initial stage in terms of children's use of their own mobile devices and their first access to the internet and social networks, an activity that becomes a generalised habit in ...
Sonia Carcelén‐García   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Scoping Review of Human–Jaguar (Panthera onca) Conflict in Latin America 拉丁美洲人与美洲豹 (Panthera onca) 冲突的范围综述 Revisión de Alcance del Conflicto Humano‐Jaguar (Panthera onca) en América Latina

open access: yesIntegrative Conservation, Volume 5, Issue 1, Page 16-32, March 2026.
A review of 192 articles published between 1985 and 2023 revealed that human–jaguar conflict literature has focused on the human dimensions of conflict, jaguar killings, attacks on domestic animals and humans, and management. Several research gaps remain including: policy enforcement, interdisciplinary research, relevant geographic locations and ...
Angelica Solano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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