Insights into Improving Risk and Safety Communication through Environmental Health Literacy
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Published:2022-04-27
Issue:9
Volume:19
Page:5330
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ISSN:1660-4601
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Container-title:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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language:en
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Short-container-title:IJERPH
Author:
Lindsey Marti,Richmond Ben,Quintanar Daniel R.,Spradlin Jordan,Halili Loren
Abstract
Messages and materials developed to communicate risk to the public are often misunderstood because the public misperceives risk, science information is too complex, leading to audience misunderstandings, and an overarching focus on the details of the problem without supplying solutions or actions to keep the public safe. This article describes the creation of a communication model to improve risk communication that includes safety information. The authors describe essential components of Risk and Safety Communication based on features of Environmental Health Literacy (EHL), which informed the creation of a protocol for developing risk communication messages and materials. An online training module was developed to aid communicators in creating information to enable the public to protect themselves, their family, and their community, leading to improved comprehension of how the environment impacts health. These principles were developed in a series of focus groups, identifying how the public perceives risk, how they prefer to receive communication, and how participants respond to materials developed using the principles. Important topics discussed are understanding the literacy levels of the target audience, applying that understanding to developing messages, how risk perception leads to misperceptions and how to address those misperceptions by using plain language when developing focused messages and materials.
Funder
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Tucson Water, City of Tucson, Arizona
Subject
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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