Clarification of the Concept of Risk Communication and its Role in Public Health Crisis Management in China
Author(s)
Qiu, Wuqi
Chu, Cordia
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2019
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Risk communication plays a very important role in the prevention of public health crisis events and has been considered by the World Health Organization (WHO) to be 1 of the main functions of an emergency public health crisis. However, it is a relatively new research field in China, so many people have mistaken understandings of risk communication. This article will describe the concept and importance of risk communication and briefly introduce the role of risk communication in public health crisis management. It also provides information for the prevention of public health crisis events in the future.Risk communication plays a very important role in the prevention of public health crisis events and has been considered by the World Health Organization (WHO) to be 1 of the main functions of an emergency public health crisis. However, it is a relatively new research field in China, so many people have mistaken understandings of risk communication. This article will describe the concept and importance of risk communication and briefly introduce the role of risk communication in public health crisis management. It also provides information for the prevention of public health crisis events in the future.
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Journal Title
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
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This publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version.
Subject
Health services and systems
Public health