Risk communication and public health
By: edited by Peter Bennett and Kenneth Calman
Contributors: Bennett, Peter, Dr; Calman, Kenneth C.
Series: Oxford medical publications
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: Health risk communication -- Congresses; Health risk assessment -- Congresses; Public health -- Congresses; Communication in medicine -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Description: "Risk communication and public health brings together a wide variety of perspectives on risk communication, from the health professions, campaigning organizations, government and its advisory committees, academia, consultancies, and think tanks. The book should be of interest not only to those involved in risk assessment and risk communication but also to anyone interested in the role of science and the media in the political process, and how one bit of the 'system' is responding to demands for greater openness and participation."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Research perspectives: what do we know and where are the frontiers? Understanding responses to risk: some basic findings / Peter Bennett; title: Public risk perceptions and risk communication / Lynn J. Frewer; title: Public reactions to risk: social structures, images of science, and the role of trust / Ian H. Langford, Claire Marris, Timothy O'Riordan; title: Public and professional perceptions of environmental and health risks / Emma Green ... [et al.]; title: Public health communication and the social amplification of risks: present knowledge and future prospects / Nick Pidgeon, Karen Henwood, Bryan Maguire. pt. 2. Lessons from prominent cases. The media and trust: E coli and other cases / Hugh Pennington; title: The British government's handling of risk: some reflections on the BSE/CJD crisis / Robert J. Maxwell; title: Experiences in risk communication / Ronan A. Lyons, Dorothy Wright; title: Benchmarking in government: case studies and principles / Tony Taig. pt.3. Institutional issues: some perspectives. Perception of risk; title: is the public probably right? / David Fisk; title: The recent excitement over genetically-modified foods / Derek Burke; title: Political risk culture: not just a communication failure / Ian E. Taylor; title: Consumers and risk / Sheila McKechnie, Sue Davies; title: Negotiating risks to public health: models for participation / Anna Coote, Jane Franklin; title: The identifcation and management of risk: opening up the process / David Coles. pt. 4. Pulling the threads together. Risk communication as a decision process / Peter Bennett, David Coles, Anne McDonald; title: Risk communication in government and the private sector: wider observations / Tony Taig; title: The relationships between the media, public beliefs, and policy-making / David Miller, Sally Macintyre; title: Improving risk communications: scenario-based workshops / Simon French, John Maule; title: Learning from experience: the need for systematic evaluation methods / Simon Gerrard