Health Risk Communication - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 162257544X ISBN 13 : 9781622575442

Editeur : Nova Science Publishers Inc, 2013

Synopsis

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 public's 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc, (Medical Director, Health Services, Division for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem, Israel; Division of Adolescent Medicine, KY Childrens Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Lexington, Kentucky, US; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Jerusalem, Israel; Division of Pediatrics, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Centers, Mt Scopus Campus, Jerusalem, Israel; School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, US)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Nova Science Publishers Inc
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 162257544X
• ISBN 13: 9781622575442
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 168
• Éditeur: Lemal Marijke, Merrick Joav
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible