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Chapter 10: Risk communication and pandemic influenza

Chapter 10: Risk communication and pandemic influenza
Chapter 10: Risk communication and pandemic influenza
This chapter examines a risk scenario that could form one of the most significant communication challenges both nationally and globally: an influenza pandemic. A pandemic occurs when a new influenza strain emerges and spreads rapidly because people have no natural resistance to it. Drawing upon the evidence gathered from healthcare workers — who might plausibly have an enhanced understanding of the potential risks — the chapter considers how information and knowledge might be exchanged amongst the wider public. This should help in understanding how risk communication efforts might most effectively engage with people, before (as well as during) an outbreak. Before outlining this evidence, the characteristics of pandemic influenza that may impact on people's understanding, information needs, and response are summarized.


risk communication, pandemic, influenza, public health, healthcare workers
9780199562848
Oxford Scholarship Online
Petts, Judith
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Bennett, Peter
Calman, Kenneth
Curtis, Sarah
Fischbacher-Smith, Denis
Petts, Judith
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Petts, Judith, Draper, Heather, Ives, John and Damery, Sarah (2010) Chapter 10: Risk communication and pandemic influenza. In, Bennett, Peter, Calman, Kenneth, Curtis, Sarah and Fischbacher-Smith, Denis (eds.) Risk Communication and Public Health. Oxford, GB. Oxford Scholarship Online. (doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199562848.003.10).

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This chapter examines a risk scenario that could form one of the most significant communication challenges both nationally and globally: an influenza pandemic. A pandemic occurs when a new influenza strain emerges and spreads rapidly because people have no natural resistance to it. Drawing upon the evidence gathered from healthcare workers — who might plausibly have an enhanced understanding of the potential risks — the chapter considers how information and knowledge might be exchanged amongst the wider public. This should help in understanding how risk communication efforts might most effectively engage with people, before (as well as during) an outbreak. Before outlining this evidence, the characteristics of pandemic influenza that may impact on people's understanding, information needs, and response are summarized.


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Published date: February 2010
Additional Information: Bennett, Peter (Editor), Head of Analysis for Health Protection, Department of Health, London, UK Calman, Kenneth (Editor), Chancellor, University of Glasgow, UK Curtis, Sarah (Editor), Professor of Health and Risk, Durham University, UK Fischbacher-Smith, Denis (Editor), Professor of Risk and Resilience, CHERR - Centre for Health, Environment and Risk Research, University of Glasgow, UK
Keywords: risk communication, pandemic, influenza, public health, healthcare workers

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Local EPrints ID: 174727
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/174727
ISBN: 9780199562848
PURE UUID: 8a835d78-e047-4a05-b48c-14aad5594018

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Date deposited: 16 Feb 2011 11:35
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Author: Judith Petts
Author: Heather Draper
Author: John Ives
Author: Sarah Damery
Editor: Peter Bennett
Editor: Kenneth Calman
Editor: Sarah Curtis
Editor: Denis Fischbacher-Smith

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