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Communicating Arsenic’s Risks [PDF]

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019
Arsenic is a naturally occurring toxic metalloid that has many human health implications. Its strong prevalence in the bedrock and thus much of the well water in New England puts many private well owners at risk. It is also found in food products, particularly those that contain rice. Despite the documented health risks, arsenic is not high on the list
Rogers, Shannon H., Rardin, Laurie R., Lawlor, Kathrin, Chen, Celia Y., Borsuk, Mark. E.   +4 more
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A mixed-methods sequential explanatory design comparison between COVID-19 infection control guidelines’ applicability and their protective value as perceived by Israeli healthcare workers, and healthcare executives’ response

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2020
Background Healthcare workers (HCWs) are on the front line of the COVID-19 outbreak, and their constant exposure to infected patients and contaminated surfaces puts them at risk of acquiring and transmitting the infection.
Anat Gesser-Edelsburg, Ricky Cohen, Nour Abed Elhadi Shahbari, Rana Hijazi   +3 more
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Communicating risk — and the risk of communicating [PDF]

Astronomy & Geophysics, 2012
Sue Bowler, Editor Whatever the eventual outcome of the judicial process following the L’Aquila earthquake, the conviction of six scientists and one government official for manslaughter has rung alarm bells in all areas of science where researchers are expected to forecast events and assess risk.
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The effects of communicating uncertainty around statistics, on public trust

Royal Society Open Science, 2023
Uncertainty around statistics is inevitable. However, communicators of uncertain statistics, particularly in high-stakes and potentially political circumstances, may be concerned that presenting uncertainties could undermine the perceived trustworthiness
John Kerr, Anne-Marthe van der Bles, Sarah Dryhurst, Claudia R. Schneider, Vivien Chopurian, Alexandra L. J. Freeman, Sander van der Linden   +6 more
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It Takes Two to Tango: How the COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign in Israel Was Framed by the Health Ministry vs. the Television News

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundThe internet has become a major resource in information transfer during COVID-19, and traditional means of communication are digitized and accessible online to the public at large.ObjectivesThis study seeks to examine how Israel's two main ...
Anat Gesser-Edelsburg, Anat Gesser-Edelsburg, Rana Hijazi, Rana Hijazi, Ricky Cohen, Ricky Cohen   +5 more
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Risk Communication in Health [PDF]

, 2012
Policy makers, health professionals, and patients have to understand health statistics to make informed medical decisions. However, health messages often follow a persuasive rather than an informative approach and undermine the idea of informed decisionmaking. The current practice of health risk communication is often biased: Risks are communicated one
Bodemer, Nicolai, Gaissmaier, Wolfgang
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The Children of Risk Communication

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 2022
For the management of the COVID-19 pandemic, risk communication has been a much-needed preventive and educative action to support citizens – including children – to adopt preventive and health protective measures. However, the COVID-19 pandemic is not the only health concern at hand that has raised concerns about the health status of children and ...
Okan, Orkan, Paakkari, Leena
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Communicating health risks in science publications: time for everyone to take responsibility

BMC Medicine, 2018
Research that is poorly communicated or presented is as potentially damaging as research that is poorly conducted or fraudulent. Recent examples illustrate how the problem often lies with researchers, not press officers or journalists.
Alexandra L. J. Freeman, David J. Spiegelhalter   +1 more
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Risk Perception and Communication [PDF]

Annual Review of Public Health, 1993
Public health depends on laypeople’s ability to understand the health-related choices that they and their societies face. The study of risk perception examines that ability. The study of risk communication examines the processes that determine how communication with laypeople enhances or degrades their decision-making ability.
B, Fischhoff, A, Bostrom, M J, Quadrel
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Misleading communication of risk [PDF]

BMJ, 2010
Editors should enforce transparent reporting in abstracts In 1996 a review of mammography screening reported in its abstract a 24% reduction of breast cancer mortality1; a review in 2002 claimed a 21% reduction.2 Accordingly, health pamphlets, websites, and invitations broadcast a 20% (or 25%) benefit.3 Did the public know that this impressive number ...
Gigerenzer, G. ; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6163-5419, Wegwarth, O. ; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0885-2673, Feufel, M.   +2 more
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