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Article: Risk and outbreak communication: Lessons from alternative paradigms

TitleRisk and outbreak communication: Lessons from alternative paradigms
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Issue Date2009
PublisherWorld Health Organization. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.who.int/bulletin/en/
Citation
Bulletin Of The World Health Organization, 2009, v. 87 n. 8, p. 604-607 How to Cite?
AbstractRisk communication guidelines widely used in public health are based on the psychometric paradigm of risk, which focuses on risk perception at the level of individuals. However, infectious disease outbreaks and other public health emergencies are more than public health events and occur in a highly charged political, social and economic environment. This study examines other sociological and cultural approaches from scholars such as Ulrich Beck and Mary Douglas for insights on how to communicate in such environments. It recommends developing supplemental tools for outbreak communication to deal with issues such as questions of blame and fairness in risk distribution and audiences who do not accept biomedical explanations of disease.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/90262
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2023 Impact Factor: 8.4
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.703
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dc.description.abstractRisk communication guidelines widely used in public health are based on the psychometric paradigm of risk, which focuses on risk perception at the level of individuals. However, infectious disease outbreaks and other public health emergencies are more than public health events and occur in a highly charged political, social and economic environment. This study examines other sociological and cultural approaches from scholars such as Ulrich Beck and Mary Douglas for insights on how to communicate in such environments. It recommends developing supplemental tools for outbreak communication to deal with issues such as questions of blame and fairness in risk distribution and audiences who do not accept biomedical explanations of disease.en_HK
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dc.publisherWorld Health Organization. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.who.int/bulletin/en/en_HK
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dc.rightsBulletin of the World Health Organization. Copyright © World Health Organization.en_HK
dc.subject.meshCommunication-
dc.subject.meshDisease Outbreaks-
dc.subject.meshPublic Health-
dc.subject.meshRisk Assessment-
dc.subject.meshWorld Health Organization-
dc.titleRisk and outbreak communication: Lessons from alternative paradigmsen_HK
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