"This new edition of Risk Communication and Public Health covers the theoretical and research background, and presents a wide range of contemporary case studies and the learning experiences from these, and the political, institutional and organisational issues they raise. It concludes with an analysis of the lessons learned and gives pointers for the future. The book offers international perspectives, and contributors include representatives from consumer organisations as well as public health practitioners and academics. This edition is substantially updated with new material and case studies, but retains the same focus - the improvement of communication and promotion of "good practice" in risk communication, in Government, the Health Service and elsewhere." "This second edition presents a broad view of the issues around risk communication and public health in a way that will be of interest to a range of public health practitioners, managers and policy makers, postgraduate students and academics in a number of disciplines, and those interested in environmental health."--Jacket.
Sect. 1. Risk, communication and the public understanding of uncertainty in public health -- 1. Understanding public responses to risk: policy and practice / Peter Bennett, Kenneth Calman, Sarah Curtis and Denis Fischbacher-Smith -- 2. Bringing light to the shadows and shadows to the light: risk, risk management and risk communication / Denis Fischbacher-Smith, Alan Irwin and Moira Fischbacher-Smith -- 3. Consumer perceptions of the risks and benefits associated with food hazards / Lynn Frewer, Heleen Van Dijk and Arnout Fischer -- 4. social amplification of risk framework (SARF): theory, critiques and policy implications / Nick Pidgeon and Karen Henwood -- 5. From trouble to trauma: the need for public-private health partnerships / Laurence Barton -- pt. 2. Public health risk communication in practice -- 6. role of the media in public health crises: perspectives from the UK and Europe / Hugh Pennington -- 7. Where do we go from here? The evacuation of city centres and the communication of public health risks from extreme threats / Denis Fischbacher-Smith, Moira Fischbacher-Smith and David BaMaung -- 8. Radiation in London: managing risk communication in the Litvinenko affair / Pat Troop and Anton Dittner -- 9. Risk Communication in the British Pertussis and MMR Vaccine Controversies / Rachel Casiday -- 10. Risk communication and pandemic influenza / Judith Petts, Heather Draper, Jonathan Ives and Sarah Damery -- 11. CJD: risk communication in a healthcare setting / David Pryer and Patricia Hewitt -- 12. Contesting the science: public health knowledge and action in controversial land-use developments / Eva Elliott, Emily Harrop and Gareth H. Williams -- 13. precautionary tale -- the role of the precautionary principle in policy-making for public health / Denis Fischbacher-Smith and Kenneth Calman -- pt. 3. From the inside looking out, looking in -- organisational issues around preparation and response for public health risks -- 14. Changes to food risk management and communication / Sue Davies -- 15. Communicating across publics and between organisations: the case of childhood accidents / Moira Fischbacher-Smith -- 16. Exporting Pandora's Box -- exploitation, risk communication and public health problems associated with the export of hazard / Denis Fischbacher-Smith and Ray Hudson -- 17. Communication about persistent environmental risks: problems of knowledge exchange and potential of participative techniques / Sara Fuller, Karen Bickerstaff, Fu-Meng Khaw and Sarah Curtis -- 18. Geographical information systems as a means for communicating about public health Christine Dunn -- 19. Exploring and Communicating Risks: Scenario-based workshops / Simon French and John Maule -- 20. Embedding better practice in risk communication and public health / Peter Bennett, Sarah Curtis, Kenneth Calman and Denis Fischbacher-Smith.