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Risk communication is the two-way exchange of information about risks, including risks associated with radiation and radiological events. The risk communication literature contains a broad range of strategies for overcoming the psychological, sociological, and cultural factors that create public misperceptions and misunderstandings about risks. These strategies help radiation risk communicators overcome the challenges posed by three basic observations about people under stress: (1) people under stress typically want to know that you care before they care about what you know; (2) people under stress typically have difficulty hearing, understanding, and remembering information; (3) people under stress typically focus more on negative information than positive information.
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Comunicação , Planejamento em Desastres/métodos , Desastres , Exposição Ambiental/prevenção & controle , Proteção Radiológica/métodos , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S./normas , Emergências/psicologia , Serviços Médicos de Emergência , Humanos , Modelos Psicológicos , Lesões por Radiação/prevenção & controle , Risco , Estados UnidosRESUMO
Se analiza la comunicación de riesgos como una herramienta efectiva a ser utilizada en aquellas situaciones complejas surgidas en la industria del agua
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Riscos Ambientais , Participação da ComunidadeRESUMO
Se analiza la comunicación de riesgos como una herramienta efectiva a ser utilizada en aquellas situaciones complejas surgidas en la industria del agua
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Participação da Comunidade , Riscos AmbientaisRESUMO
Misperceptions of health risks lead many women to misunderstand their risks and fail to take appropriate measures to prevent or treat many diseases. This article analyzes the impact of various sources of information on the perceptions and misperceptions of women regarding the risks of age-related diseases. This article shows that most of the women respondents held incorrect beliefs about their risk of heart disease, breast and lung cancer, and osteoporosis; half held inaccurate beliefs about disease-related statistical correlation and causation, and about dose-response relations; and many lacked the skills necessary to evaluate media reports about health and medicine. This article indicates that information and education related to health issues, focused on improved public understanding and decision making related to health risks, is needed to achieve improved health outcomes.
