Risk communication : a mental models approach /
"People today must take decisions about many health, safety, and environmental risks. Nuclear power, HIV/AIDS, radon, vaccines, climate change, and emerging infectious diseases are just some of the issues that may face them in the news media, ballot box, or doctor's office. In order to mak...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , , , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2002.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Our mental models approach
- 3. Creating an expert model of the risk
- 4. Mental models interviews
- 5. Confirmatory questionnaires
- 6. Development and evaluation of communications
- 7. Case studies: applications to environmental risks
- 8. A mental models approach to HIV/AIDS
- 9. Some concluding thoughts
- App. A. Brochure on global warming and climate change
- App. B. Brochure on fields from electric power
- App. C. Risk communication materials on HIV/AIDS
- App. D. Sample transcripts of mental model interviews.