Risk-communications as an instrument for public health management

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10.21668/health.risk/2014.2.10.eng
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N.A. Lebedeva-Nesevrya

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Federal Budget Institution of Science “Federal Scientific Center of Medical and Preventive Technologies for Public Health Risk Management”, Russian Federation, Perm, 614045, Monastyrskaya Str., 82

Abstract: 

The article describes the necessity of interpretation of the risk-communication in the field of public health as a method of information provision between concerned parties who are equal participants of the dialogue. The article offers the values and the health risk levels as well as their decreasing methods. The key parties of riskcommunication are: a) expert community; b) decision-makers; c) population; d) mass media; and e) non-profitmaking organizations.

Keywords: 
risk, health, communication, provision of information
Lebedeva-Nesevrya N.A. Risk-communications as an instrument for public health management. Health Risk Analysis, 2014, no. 2, pp. 83-89
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