Risk Communication for Public Health Emergencies
Top Cited Papers
- 1 April 2007
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Annual Reviews in Annual Review of Public Health
- Vol. 28 (1) , 33-54
- https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.publhealth.28.021406.144123
Abstract
This review defines crisis risk communication, traces its origins to a number of applied fields, and then shows how basic principles have become incorporated into emergency preparedness and risk communication for public health. Literature from four different disciplines that inform crisis risk communications are reviewed. These are (a) environmental risk communication, (b) disaster management, (c) health promotion and communication, and (d) media and communication studies. Current curricula and training materials are briefly reviewed. Although this literature review suggests much progress has been made to incorporate and disseminate crisis risk communication principles into public health practice, and case studies suggest that public health workers have gained skills and experience, this emerging field still lacks in-depth evaluation of the effectiveness of event-specific crisis risk communication efforts.Keywords
This publication has 81 references indexed in Scilit:
- Experiences of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees in Houston Shelters: Implications for Future PlanningAmerican Journal of Public Health, 2006
- Influenza Vaccine Scarcity 2004–05: Implications for Biosecurity and Public Health PreparednessBiosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science, 2005
- Toward a framework for understanding lay public’s comprehension of disaster and bioterrorism informationJournal of Biomedical Informatics, 2005
- Debunking the Myth of PanicPsychiatry: Interpersonal & Biological Processes, 2005
- Leading during Bioattacks and Epidemics with the Public's Trust and HelpBiosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science, 2004
- Communication Lessons Learned in the Emergency Operations Center During CDC's Anthrax Response: A CommentaryJournal of Health Communication, 2003
- Uncertain Science and Certain Deadlines: CDC Responses to the Media During the Anthrax Attacks of 2001Journal of Health Communication, 2003
- Risk Management Frameworks for Human Health and Environmental RisksJournal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part B, 2003
- Advocate or adversary?: The self‐reflexive roles of media messages for healthCritical Studies in Mass Communication, 1996
- Risk Perception and Communication Unplugged: Twenty Years of Process1Risk Analysis, 1995