Additional Resources on Public Health Risk Communication

Resources

PHRC Guide

CDC TRAIN Course

Acknowledging Uncertainty and the Scientific: Journal of Public Health Management & Practice.

PHRC Preview of Challenges and Principles

References

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Bonner, C., Trevena, L. J., Gaissmaier, W., et al. (2021). Current best practice for presenting probabilities in patient decision aids: Fundamental principles. Medical Decision Making, 41(7), 821–833. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X21996328

Boyd, A. D., & Furgal, C. M. (2018). Communicating environmental health risks with Indigenous populations: A systematic literature review of current research and recommendations for future studies. Health Communication, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2018.1507658

Chammem, N., Issaoui, M., De Almeida, A. I. D., & Delgado, A. M. (2018). Food crises and food safety incidents in European Union, United States, and Maghreb area: Current risk communication strategies and new approaches. Journal of AOAC International, 101(4), 923–938. https://doi.org/10.5740/jaoacint.17-0446

Dahlstrom, M. F. (2014). Using narratives and storytelling to communicate science with nonexpert audiences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(Suppl. 4), 13614–13620. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1320645111

Fagerlin, A., Ubel, P. A., Smith, D. M., & Zikmund-Fisher, B. J. (2007). Making numbers matter: Present and future research in risk communication. American Journal of Health Behavior, 31(Suppl. 1), S47–S56. https://doi.org/10.5993/ajhb.31.s1.7

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Nagar, A., Grégoire, V., Sundelson, A., O'Donnell-Pazderka, E., Jamison, A. M., & Sell, T. K. (2024). Practical playbook for addressing health misinformation. Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.

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Trevena, L. J., Zikmund-Fisher, B. J., Edwards, A., et al. (2013). Presenting quantitative information about decision outcomes: A risk communication primer for patient decision aid developers. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 13(Suppl. 2), S7. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6947-13-S2-S7

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