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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779628403321

Titolo

Health risk communication [[electronic resource] /] / Marijke Lemal and Joav Merrick, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2013

ISBN

1-62257-552-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (190 p.)

Collana

Health and human development

Altri autori (Persone)

LemalMarijke

MerrickJoav

Disciplina

362.1

Soggetti

Health risk communication

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Health risk communication -- section 2. Acknowledgments -- section 3. Index.

Sommario/riassunto

" Health risk communication deals with planned or unplanned communication to the public about the nature, impact and management of a wide array of health threats, such as cancer, HIV/AIDS or influenza pandemics. Traditional health risk communication models used to stress a one-way flow of health risk messages to the public. The dominant focus was on experts (government, health organizations ...) merely disseminating risk information and educating a lay and ignorant public about health threats. However, this simplistic top-down model of communication ignored the complex nature of the audience and the publics understanding of risk information. Fortunately, there has been a shift away from top-down communication about health threats. This book gathers research findings and theoretical reviews with a focus on the role of mass media as sources of health risk information, the role of message formats or frames and risk information source characteristics"--