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Current Bibliographies in Medicine 2000-7


Health Risk Communication


Table of Contents


Series Note

PDF Version of This CBM

Sample Citations

Introduction

Bibliography:

Overview, Background, and History

Global Issues and Cultural Diversity

Public Understanding of Science

Public Perception of Risk

Ethics of Risk Communication

Models, Techniques, and Strategies of Risk Communication

Government and Other Agency Role in Risk Communication

Subject Specific Issues in Risk Communication



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January 1990 through October 2000, plus selected earlier citations

847 Citations

Prepared by
Marcia Zorn, M.A., M.L.S., National Library of Medicine
Scott Ratzan, M.D., M.P.A., M.A., Journal of Health Communication

2000 October

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health

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Sample Citations

Citations are formatted according to the rules established for Index Medicus®*. Sample journal and monograph citations appear below. For journal articles written in a foreign language, the English translation of the title is placed in brackets; for monographs, the title is given in the original language. In both cases the language of publication is shown by a three letter abbreviation appearing at the end of the citation.

Note also for journal articles that an availability statement follows many citations. This statement contains the Internet address for the citation in the NLM PubMed® retrieval system. The PubMed record includes an abstract for most articles and may also provide a link to the publisher's Internet site.

Journal Article:

Example:
Ryan M, Dunwoody S, Tankard J. Risk information for public consumption. Health Educ Q 1991 Fall;18(3):375-90. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=1917512&
dopt=Abstract

Order, with separating punctuation:
Authors. Article Title. Abbreviated Journal Title Date;Volume(Issue):Pages. Availability.

Monograph:

Example:
Bennett P, Calman K, editors. Risk communication and public health. New York (NY): Oxford University Press; 1999. 272 p.

Order, with separating punctuation:
Authors/Editors. Title. Edition. Place of Publication: Publisher; Date. Total No. of Pages.

* For details of the formats used for references, see the following publication: Patrias, Karen. National Library of Medicine recommended formats for bibliographic citation. Bethesda (MD): The Library; 1991 Apr. Available from: NTIS, Springfield, VA; PB91-182030.

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Introduction


Health Risk Communication

There are many challenges in how we communicate risk, especially risks to health. Few areas continue to stir debate more than advances in medicine and biotechnology. Stem cell research, vaccine development, and genomic manipulation are but a few of the areas under recent attack. Even public health successes that have decreased morbidity and mortality--such as vaccination, air bags, and fluoridation--have been surrounded by controversy. Scientific and health literacy require understanding, but the incremental and imprecise nature of science and experimentation that contribute to defining risk thrives on doubts, criticism, and debate, which often translate into only theoretical causality and "risk." Furthermore, scientifically valid information is not absolute and may change over time. Translating theoretical (imprecise and incomplete) and changing knowledge of causality and risk has developed into its own body of knowledge called "risk communication." According to a 1996 National Research Council report* risk communication "emphasizes the process of exchanging information and opinion with the public."

Recognizing the challenges to health progress that lie in the communication process, not in the laboratory, we created this issue for the Current Bibliographies in Medicine (CBM) series. Our overarching goal was to identify a body of published knowledge relating to risk communication from multiple perspectives. This bibliography was also developed to complement the presentations at the International Symposium on Health Risk Communication: Uncertainty, Stakeholders, and Public Health Action held on November 1-3, 2000 in Bethesda, Maryland. The Symposium was sponsored by the Subcommittees on Risk Communication and Education and International Health of the US Department of Health and Human Services Environmental Health Policy Committee. Citations for the bibliography were gathered from sources including, but not limited to, bibliographic databases, online catalogs, the Internet, and printed publications. Single words ("risk" and "communication") and the phrase "risk communication" were used to search electronically. The contents of some journals were also searched and reviewed in print or electronically. From the 4,000 bibliographic citations located through these sources, English language publications about risk communication were selected which focus primarily on risk communication of scientific information rather than on risk assessment, risk management, risk factors, risk behavior, risk taking, decision making, hazard communication, duty to warn/informed consent, or other dimensions of communicating about health risks. Similarly, this publication does not focus on health interventions, health education, health promotion, or advertising, although these are important topics in the overall picture of how scientific risks are communicated to the public. The scholarship in each of these other subjects alone is far greater than could be represented here. Our concern for this bibliography is with the presentation of scientific risk information; the strategies, tactics, and models that are used to communicate scientific risk information to an audience; and the difficulty of translating scientific knowledge in a meaningful way to enable the public to make informed health decisions.

In the efforts to meet the challenges imposed by scientific progress, perhaps this CBM can help to advance a common lexicon for health literacy, risk comprehension, and public health priorities. Use of such terms such as "infinitesimal" and "probable" in defining risk place a great responsibility on those who determine what information is valuable and salient for their audience. A high ethical standard has thus become necessary for the purveyors of health--whether they are in academia, marketing, publishing, (new) media, or other fields of public address. To facilitate optimal decision making, finding ways to increase the quality of information becomes more important than increasing the quantity of information. Ideally, this CBM and the symposium it supports will contribute to the body of communication knowledge that advances salient, valuable, factual, and ethical risk information.

The compilers wish to thank Dorothy Moore of the Specialized Information Services Division, NLM, for her valuable assistance in the production of this bibliography.

This publication is not copyrighted and may be freely reproduced. However any reproductions of this bibliography, in whole or in part, should include all credits. If you wish to cite this bibliography, the correct format is:

Zorn, Marcia; Ratzan, Scott, compilers. Health risk communication [bibliography on the Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US); 2000 Oct [insert cited year month day in brackets]. [insert no. of screens or lines in brackets]. (Current bibliographies in medicine; no. 2000-7). 847 citations from January 1990 through October 2000, plus selected earlier citations. Available from: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/resources.html.


* Stern, Paul C.; Fienberg, Harvey V., editors. Understanding risk: informing decisions in a democratic society. Washington (DC): National Research Council, Committee on Risk Characterization; 1996. p. 27

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Overview, Background, and History


Barr C. Fear not: the art of risk communication. J Manage Eng 1996 Jan-Feb;12(1):18-22.

Bennett P, Calman K, editors. Risk communication and public health. New York (NY): Oxford University Press; 1999. 272 p.

Boroush M. Understanding risk analysis: a short guide for health, safety and environmental policy making [monograph on the Internet]. Washington (DC): American Chemical Society; 1998 Oct [modified 2000 Aug 23; cited 2000 Oct 13]. [39 p.]. Available from: http://www.rff.org/misc_docs/risk_book.htm

Brehmer B, Sahlin N, editors. Future risks and risk management. Boston (MA): Kluwer Academic Publishers; 1994. 251 p. (Technology, risk, and society; 9).

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Childs B, Hickman F. Human genetics: one approach to scientific literacy. Daedalus 1983 Spring;112(2):189-209.

Cottle S. Ulrich Beck, 'risk society' and the media - a catastrophic view? Eur J Commun 1998 Mar;13(1):5-32.

Covello V, Allen F. Seven cardinal rules of risk communication. Washington (DC): Environmental Protection Agency (US); 1988.

Covello VT, McCallum DB, Pavlova MT, editors. Effective risk communication: the role and responsibility of government and nongovernment organizations. New York (NY): Plenum; 1989. 370 p. Workshop on the Role of Government in Health Risk Communication and Public Education, held January 21-23, 1987 in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Task Force on Environmental Cancer and Heart and Lung Disease. (Contemporary issues in risk analysis; vol. 4).

Davies CJ, Covello VT, Allen FW, editors. Risk communication: proceedings of the national conference. Washington (DC): The Conservation Foundation; 1987.

Department of Health and Human Services (US), PHS Environmental Health Policy Committee, Subcommittee on Risk Communication and Education. Recommendations to improve health risk communication: a report on case studies in health risk communication [monograph on the Internet]. Washington (DC): The Department; 1994 Nov [modified 1999 Oct 8; cited 2000 Sep 25]. Available from: http://www.health.gov/environment/Recomm/reportTOC.htm

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Fischhoff B. Treating the public with risk communications: a public health perspective. Sci Technol Hum Values 1987 Summer-Fall;12(3-4):1-19.

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Fong GT, Rempel LA, Hall PA. Challenges to improving health risk communication in the 21st century: a discussion. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr 1999;(25):173-6. Fulltext at http://jncimonographs.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/full/1999/25/173. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=10854475&dopt;=Abstract

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Griffin RJ, Friedman SM, Rich RC, editors. Risk communication in a democratic society: Annotated subindex to a Risk symposium [monograph on the Internet]. Concord (NH): Franklin Pierce Law Center; c1999 [modified 1999 Nov 20; cited 2000 Oct 13]. [1 p.]. Available from: http://www.fplc.edu/risk/demindx.htm

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Hayes MV. On the epistemology of risk: language, logic and social science. Soc Sci Med 1992 Aug;35(4):401-7. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=1519092&dopt;=Abstract

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Jungermann H, Wiedemann PM. Risk communication - introduction. Eur Rev Appl Psychol 1995;45(1):3-5.

Konheim CS. Risk communication in the real world. Risk Anal 1988 Sep;8(3):367-73. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=3201014&dopt;=Abstract

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Nicholson PJ. Communicating health risk. Occup Med (Lond) 1999 May;49(4):253-6. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=10474918&dopt;=Abstract

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Global Issues and Cultural Diversity


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Essien EJ, Ross MW, Linares AC, Osemene NI. Perception of reliability of human immunodeficiency virus/AIDS information sources. J Natl Med Assoc 2000 Jun;92(6):269-74. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=10918761&dopt;=Abstract

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Huerta EE, Macario E. Communicating health risk to ethnic groups: reaching Hispanics as a case study. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr 1999;(25):23-6. Comment in: J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr 1999;(25):35-42. Fulltext at http://jncimonographs.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/full/1999/25/23. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=10854453&dopt;=Abstract

Jianguang Z. Environmental hazards in the Chinese public's eyes. Risk Anal 1993 Oct;13(5):509-13. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=8259440&dopt;=Abstract

Kasperson RE, Stallen PJ, editors. Communicating risks to the public: international perspectives. Boston (MA): Kluwer Academic Publishers; 1991. 481 p. (Technology, risk, and society; vol. 4).

Kelly NR, Groff JY. Exploring barriers to utilization of poison centers: a qualitative study of mothers attending an urban Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Clinic. Pediatrics 2000 Jul;106(1 Pt 2):199-204. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=10888692&dopt;=Abstract

Krishnatray PK, Melkote SR. Public communication campaigns in the destigmatization of leprosy: a comparative analysis of diffusion and participatory approaches. A case study in Gwalior, India. J Health Commun 1998 Oct-Dec;3(4):327-44. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=10977261&dopt;=Abstract

Liu JT, Smith VK. Risk communication and attitude change: Taiwan national debate over nuclear power. J Risk Uncertain 1990 Dec;3(4):331-49.

Lofstedt RE. The Barseback nuclear plant case. Energy Policy 1996 Aug;24(8):689-96.

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Ethics of Risk Communication


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Government and Other Agency Role in Risk Communication


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Johnson BL, Tinker T. An assessment of federal environmental health training resources. J Environ Health 1999 Dec;62(5):21-5.

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National Environmental Health Association [homepage on the Internet]. Denver (CO): The Association; [modified 2000 Oct 6; cited 2000 Oct 16]. Available from: http://www.neha.org/

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Sharlin HI. EDB: a case study in communicating risk. Risk Anal 1986 Mar;6(1):61-8. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=3299531&dopt;=Abstract

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Sly T. The perception and communication of risk: a guide for the local health agency. Can J Public Health 2000 Mar-Apr;91(2):153-6. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=10832184&dopt;=Abstract

Society for Risk Analysis [homepage on the Internet]. McLean (VA): The Society; [modified 2000 Sep 20; cited 2000 Sep 25]. Available from: http://www.sra.org/

Sparkes T, Tivey J, Monkhouse A, Williamson C, Clark A, Lewis JR, Fleming S. Managing risk. A priority in the health service. Health Serv J 1992 Jan 16;102(5285):suppl 1-8. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=10170932&dopt;=Abstract

Stratman JF, Boykin C, Holmes MC, Laufer MJ, Breen M. Risk communication, metacommunication, and rhetorical stases in the Aspen-EPA superfund controversy. J Bus Tech Commun 1995 Jan;9(1):5-41.

Tinker T, editor. Case studies of applied evaluation for health risk communication [monograph on the Internet]. Workshop proceedings; 1994 Jun 9; Annapolis, MD. Washington (DC): Department of Health and Human Services (US), Public Health Service, Environmental Health Policy Committee, Subcommittee on Risk Communication and Education; 1999 Jun 9 [cited 2000 Sep 25]. Available from: http://www.health.gov/environment/Casestudies/cstoc.htm

Tinker TL. Recommendations to improve health risk communication: lessons learned from the U.S. Public Health Service. J Health Commun 1996 Apr-Jun;1(2):197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=10947360&dopt;=Abstract

Tinker TL, Collins CM, King HS, Hoover MD. Assessing risk communication effectiveness: perspectives of agency practitioners. J Hazard Mater 2000 Apr 3;73(2):117-27. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=10708888&dopt;=Abstract

Young AL. A White House perspective on risk assessment and risk communication. Sci Total Environ 1990 Dec 15;99(3):223-8; discussion 228-9. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=2077655&dopt;=Abstract

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Subject Specific Issues in Risk Communication

Medical Risk


Adelsward V, Sachs L. A nurse in preventive work--dilemmas of health information talks. Scand J Caring Sci 1996;10(1):45-52. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=8715785&dopt;=Abstract

Arkin EB. Cancer risk communication-what we know. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr 1999;(25):182-5. Fulltext at http://jncimonographs.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/full/1999/25/182. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=10854479&dopt;=Abstract

Ball LK, Evans G, Bostrom A. Risky business: challenges in vaccine risk communication. Pediatrics 1998 Mar;101(3 Pt 1):453-8. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=9481013&dopt;=Abstract

Baum N. Patient communication in the era of managed care. Improving compliance and outcomes while reducing risk. Cost Qual Q J 1998 Oct;4(3):29-32. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=10351384&dopt;=Abstract

Betso JE, Kociba RJ, Talcott AT. Hazard communication: the case for category IV "cancer information". Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 1988 Jun;8(2):219-25. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=2845487&dopt;=Abstract

Biderman A, Herman J. Risk markers are not without risk. J Clin Epidemiol 2000 Jun;53(6):635-6. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=10880783&dopt;=Abstract

Biesecker BB. Introduction of section: enabling informed decisions about cancer risk. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr 1999;(25):43. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=10854456&dopt;=Abstract

Bogardus ST Jr, Holmboe E, Jekel JF. Perils, pitfalls, and possibilities in talking about medical risk. JAMA 1999 Mar 17;281(11):1037-41. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=10086441&dopt;=Abstract

Bostrom A. Vaccine risk communication: lessons from risk perception, decision making and environmental risk communication research. Risk [serial on the Internet] 1997 Spring [cited 2000 Sep 25];8:173 passim [20 screens]. Based in part on a May 1996 presentation at the Vaccine Safety Forum workshop, Institute of Medicine. Available from: http://www.fplc.edu/RISK/vol8/spring/bostrom.htm

Bottorff JL, Ratner PA, Johnson JL, Lovato CY, Joab SA. Communicating cancer risk information: the challenges of uncertainty. Patient Educ Couns 1998 Jan;33(1):67-81.

Bray SL. Sealing the conceptual cracks in the SEC's environmental disclosure rules: a risk communication approach. Univ Pa J Int Econ Law 1997 Summer;18(2):655-87.

Brown J, Chapman S, Lupton D. Infinitesimal risk as public health crisis: news media coverage of a doctor-patient HIV contact tracing investigation. Soc Sci Med 1996 Dec;43(12):1685-95. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=8961412&dopt;=Abstract

Brown P. The risk of bovine spongiform encephalopathy ('mad cow disease') to human health. JAMA 1997 Sep 24;278(12):1008-11. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=9307349&dopt;=Abstract

Buetow S, Cantrill J, Sibbald B. Risk communication in the patient-health professional relationship. Health Care Anal 1998 Sep;6(3):261-8. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=10185178&dopt;=Abstract

Buetow S, Cantrill J, Sibbald B. Risk communication in the patient-health professional relationship. Health Care Anal 1998 Sep;6(3):261-8. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=10185178&dopt;=Abstract

Cancer Risk Communication: What We Know and What We Need to Learn. December 10-11, 1998. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr 1999;(25):1-185. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=10854446&dopt;=Abstract

Chatterton HT. Efficacy, risk, and the determination of value: shared medical decision making in the age of information [editorial]. J Fam Pract 1999 Jul;48(7):505-7. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=10428246&dopt;=Abstract

Chen RT, Hibbs B. Vaccine safety: current and future challenges. Pediatr Ann 1998 Jul;27(7):445-55. Fulltext at: http://www.cdc.gov/nip/vacsafe/research/peds.htm. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=9677616&dopt;=Abstract

Conway JJ. Communicating risk information in medical practice. Radiographics 1992 Jan;12(1):207-14. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=1734476&dopt;=Abstract

Croyle RT, Lerman C. Risk communication in genetic testing for cancer susceptibility. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr 1999;(25):59-66. Fulltext at http://jncimonographs.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/full/1999/25/59. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=10854459&dopt;=Abstract

Dayan AD. Risk assessment and risk communication. Drugs Pharm Sci 2000;103:305-20.

Dearfield KL. Information requirements and regulatory approaches for heritable genetic risk assessment and risk communication. Mutat Res 1995 Aug;330(1-2):35-40. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=7623869&dopt;=Abstract

Donohoe KJ, Brill AB, Brill DR, Conway JJ, Silberstein EB, Whipple C. How to be an effective risk communicator [news]. J Nucl Med 1996 Jul;37(7):20N-22N. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=8965215&dopt;=Abstract

Donohoe KJ, Brill AB, Brill DR, Conway JJ, Silberstein EB, Whipple C. How to be an effective risk communicator--Part 1 [news]. J Nucl Med 1996 Jun;37(6):23N-26N. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=8683303&dopt;=Abstract

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Dunn SM, Patterson PU, Butow PN, Smartt HH, McCarthy WH, Tattersall MH. Cancer by another name: a randomized trial of the effects of euphemism and uncertainty in communicating with cancer patients. J Clin Oncol 1993 May;11(5):989-96. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=8487062&dopt;=Abstract

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Edwards A, Elwyn G. How should effectiveness of risk communication to aid patients' decisions be judged? A review of the literature. Med Decis Making 1999 Oct-Dec;19(4):428-34. Comment in: Med Decis Making 1999 Oct-Dec;19(4):504-5. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=10520681&dopt;=Abstract

Edwards A, Hood K, Matthews E, Russell D, Russell I, Barker J, Bloor M, Burnard P, Covey J, Pill R, Wilkinson C, Stott N. The effectiveness of one-to-one risks-communication interventions in health care: a systematic review . Med Decis Making 2000 Jul-Sep;20(3):290-7. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=10929851&dopt;=Abstract

Edwards A, Matthews E, Pill R, Bloor M. Communication about risk: diversity among primary care professionals. Fam Pract 1998 Aug;15(4):296-300. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=9792343&dopt;=Abstract

Edwards A, Matthews E, Pill R, Bloor M. Communication about risk: the responses of primary care professionals to standardizing the 'language of risk' and communication tools. Fam Pract 1998 Aug;15(4):301-7. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=9792344&dopt;=Abstract

Edwards A, Pill R, Stott N. Communicating risk. Use of standard terms is unlikely to result in standard communication [letter]. BMJ 1996 Dec 7;313(7070):1483. Comment on: BMJ 1996 Sep 28;313(7060):799-802. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=8973257&dopt;=Abstract

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Salvatore JR. Low-frequency magnetic fields and cancer. What you should know and what to tell your patients. Postgrad Med 1996 Aug;100(2):183-8, 190. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=8700816&dopt;=Abstract

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Seibert PJ Jr. Complying with the hazard communication standard. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1994 Feb 15;204(4):531-4. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=8163413&dopt;=Abstract

Shovlin MG, Tanaka SS. Risk communication in Los Angeles California USA: a case study. Am Water Works Assoc J 1990;82(11):40-4.

Sjoeberg L. Risk perception and credibility of risk communication. Stockholm (Sweden): Stockholm School of Economics, Center for Risk Research; 1992 Oct. 26 p. Available from: NTIS, Springfield, VA; DE95627113.

Slovic P, Fischhoff B, Lichtenstein S. Informing the public about the risks from ionizing radiation. Health Phys 1981 Oct 1;41(4):589-98. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=7309517&dopt;=Abstract

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Tinker T, Lewis-Younger C, Isaacs S, Neufer L, Blair C. Environmental health risk communication: a case study of the Chattanooga Creek site. J Tenn Med Assoc 1995;88(9):343-9. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=7674664&dopt;=Abstract

Upton AC. Perspectives on individual and community risks. In: Lippmann M, editor. Environmental toxicants : human exposures and their health effects. 2nd ed. New York (NY): Wiley-Interscience; 2000. p. 905-20.

Van der Pligt J, Midden CJ. Chernobyl: four years later: attitudes, risk management and communication. J Environ Psychol 1990 Jun;10(2):91-9.

Vogt BM, Sorensen JH. Risk communications and the Chemical Stockpile Emergency-Planning Program. Oak Ridge (TN): Oak Ridge National Laboratories; 1995. Report No.: ORNL-6824. Contract No.: AC05-84OR21400. 233 p. Available from: NTIS, Springfield, VA; DE95000811.

Walker G, Simmons P, Irwin A, Wynne B. Risk communication, public participation and the Seveso II directive. J Hazard Mater 1999 Mar 1;65(1-2):179-90.

White RK, Ladd B, Moss M, Singley EW. The great earthquake experiment: risk communication and publication [book review]. Risk Anal 1995 Feb;15(1):102-3. Review of book by DS Mileti and C Fitzpatrick.

Wiedemann PM, Schutz H. Risk communication for environmental health hazards. Zentralbl Hyg Umweltmed 1999 Aug;202(2-4):345-59. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=10507138&dopt;=Abstract

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Ahlborg G Jr, Bonde JP, Hemminki K, Kristensen P, Lindbohm ML, Olsen J, Schaumburg I, Taskinen H, Viskum S. Communication concerning the risks of cccupational exposures in pregnancy. Int J Occup Environ Health 1996 Jan;2(1):64-9. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=9933866&dopt;=Abstract

Averill E, Henry CJ, Rubenstein H, Sattler B, Tirey SL. Content of worker notification. Am J Ind Med 1993;23(1):71-6. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=8422062&dopt;=Abstract

Baker EL, Schulte PA, French JG. Worker-notification activities at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Past and present. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1989;572:144-50; discussion 163-5. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=2627072&dopt;=Abstract

Boal WL, Friedland J, Schulte PA. Workers response to risk notification. Am J Ind Med 1995 Apr;27(4):471-83. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=7793420&dopt;=Abstract

Bond GG. Dioxin: a case study. Am J Ind Med 1993 Jan;23(1):177-82. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=8422048&dopt;=Abstract

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Chess C, Saville A, Tamuz M, Greenberg M. The organizational links between risk communication and risk management: the case of Sybron Chemicals Inc. Risk Anal 1992 Sep;12(3):431-8.

Chess C, Tamuz M, Greenberg M. Organizational learning about environmental risk communication: the case of Rohm and Haas Bristol Plant. Soc Nat Resour 1995 Jan-Feb;8(1):57-66.

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Collins JJ, Conner PR. Communication to workers of epidemiology study results: an industry approach. J Occup Med 1994;36(2):169-73. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=8176516&dopt;=Abstract

Curbow B, McDiarmid MA, Breysse P, Lees PS. Investigation of a spontaneous abortion cluster: development of a risk communication plan. Am J Ind Med 1994 Aug;26(2):265-75. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=7977401&dopt;=Abstract

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Finendale MJ. Beyond notification: a case-study from Cloquet, Minnesota. Am J Ind Med 1993 Jan;23(1):153-9. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=8422045&dopt;=Abstract

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INFOletter: environmental and occupational health briefs. Piscataway (NJ): Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute. Vol. 1, 1987- . 6 times a year.

Johnson RH Jr. Effective presentation of radiation safety training--risk communication: an important function of radiation safety training. Health Phys 1999 Feb;76(2 Suppl):S10-5.

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Kumekawa ES, Lash AA, Becker CE. Challenges of worker notification in neurotoxic studies of the central nervous system. Environ Res 1992 Oct;59(1):125-31. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=1425502&dopt;=Abstract

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Leviton LC, Chen HT, Marsh GM, Talbott EO. Evaluation issues in the Drake Chemical Workers Notification and Health Registry Study. Am J Ind Med 1993;23(1):197-204. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=8422051&dopt;=Abstract

Leviton LC, Marsh GM, Talbott E, Pavlock D, Callahan C. Drake Chemical Workers' Health Registry: coping with community tension over toxic exposures. Am J Public Health 1991 Jun;81(6):689-93. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=2029036&dopt;=Abstract

McDiarmid MA, Breysse P, Lees PS, Curbow B, Kolodner K. Investigation of a spontaneous abortion cluster: lessons learned. Am J Ind Med 1994 Apr;25(4):463-75. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=8010292&dopt;=Abstract

McMahan S, Meyer J. Communication of risk information to workers and managers: do industrial hygienists differ in their communication techniques? Am Ind Hyg Assoc J 1996 Feb;57(2):186-90.

McNeely E. An organizational study of hazard communication. The health provider perspective. AAOHN J 1990 Apr;38(4):165-73. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=2322342&dopt;=Abstract

Mertz CK, Slovic P, Purchase IF. Judgments of chemical risks: comparisons among senior managers, toxicologists, and the public. Risk Anal 1998 Aug;18(4):391-404. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=9775449&dopt;=Abstract

Meyerowitz BE. Assessing quality of life when planning and evaluating worker notification programs: two case examples. Am J Ind Med 1993 Jan;23(1):221-7. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=8422054&dopt;=Abstract

Millar JD, Niemeier RW, Reed LD, Johnson DL, Ahlers HW. Testimony of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's proposed rule on hazard communication. Cincinnati (OH): National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (US); 1989. 8 p. Available from: NTIS, Springfield, VA; PB89-230239. Presented at the OSHA Informal Public Hearing, Washington, December 6, 1988.

Needleman C. Worker notification: lessons from the past. Am J Ind Med 1993 Jan;23(1):11-23. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=8422040&dopt;=Abstract

Palmer SR, Rees H, Coleman G. Major chemical incidents: bridging the occupational--public health gap. Occup Med (Lond) 2000 May;50(4):221-5. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=10912371&dopt;=Abstract

Parkinson DK. Notification of workers at high risk. Design and implementation of a program to address their needs. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1989;572:157-9; discussion 163-5. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=2627075&dopt;=Abstract

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Prenney B. Community lead exposure. Am J Ind Med 1993 Jan;23(1):191-5.

Race DM. Worker notification: viewpoint of the employer. Am J Ind Med 1993 Jan;23(1):33-6. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=8422057&dopt;=Abstract

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Robins TG, Hugentobler MK, Kaminski M, Klitzman S. A joint labor-management hazard communication training program: a case study in worker health and safety training. Occup Med 1994 Apr-Jun;9(2):135-45. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=8085197&dopt;=Abstract

Robins TG, Klitzman S. Hazard communication in a large U.S. manufacturing firm: the ecology of health education in the workplace. Health Educ Q 1988 Winter;15(4):451-72. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=3230019&dopt;=Abstract

Rohrmann B. Assessing hazard information/communication programs. Aust Psychol 1998 Jul;33(2):105-12.

Rudolph L. Issues in notification: reflections of a public health worker. Am J Ind Med 1993 Jan;23(1):53-9. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=8422060&dopt;=Abstract

Russell CS. Guidebook for risk perception and communication in water resources planning. Fort Belvoir (VA): Army Corps of Engineers (US), Water Resources Support Center, Institute for Water Resources; 1993. (IWR report; 93-R-13).

Saiki CL, Green RS, Gold EB, Schenker MB. Communication issues in a multicomponent study of Semiconductor employees. Am J Ind Med 1995;28(6):883-911.

Samways MC. Functionally illiterate worker also has 'right to understand'. Occup Health Saf 1988 Jan;57(1):49-53. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=3347451&dopt;=Abstract

Santos SL. Developing a risk communication strategy. Am Water Works Assoc J 1990;82(11):45-9.

Santos SL. The role of risk communication in environmental decision-making. Cent Eur J Public Health 1995 May;3(2):107-9. Corrected and republished article originally printed in Cent Eur J Public Health 1994;2 Suppl:77-9. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=7655404&dopt;=Abstract

Santos SL, Covello VT, McCallum DB. Industry response to SARA Title III: pollution prevention, risk reduction, and risk communication. Risk Anal 1996 Feb;16(1):57-66. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=8868223&dopt;=Abstract

Schulte PA, Boal WL, Friedland JM, Walker JT, Connally LB, Mazzuckelli LF, Fine LJ. Methodologic issues in risk communications to workers. Am J Ind Med 1993 Jan;23(1):3-9. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=8422056&dopt;=Abstract

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Schulte PA, Ringen K. Notification of workers at high risk: an emerging public health problem. Am J Public Health 1984 May;74(5):485-91. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=6711724&dopt;=Abstract

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Sparks PJ, Cooper M. Risk characterization, risk communication, and risk management. The role of the occupational and environmental medicine physician. J Occup Med 1993;35(1):13-7. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db;=PubMed&list;_uids=8423498&dopt;=Abstract

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Other Risks


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