scholarly journals Adapting health-risk communication to the specific cultural contexts of diverse populations : an assessment of malaria-treatment programs in Liberia

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathaniel Galarea Gbessagee
Keyword(s):  
Health Risk ◽  
Risk Communication ◽  
Malaria Treatment ◽  
Treatment Programs ◽  
Diverse Populations ◽  
Cultural Contexts

scholarly journals Zika pandemic online trends, incidence and health risk communication: a time trend study

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. e000296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gbenga Adebayo ◽  
Yehuda Neumark ◽  
Anat Gesser-Edelsburg ◽  
Wiessam Abu Ahmad ◽  
Hagai Levine
Keyword(s):  
Health Risk ◽  
Risk Communication ◽  
Time Trend ◽  
Trend Study

“Glocalization” of Health Information: Considering Design Factors for Mobile Technologies in Malaysia

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-206
Author(s):  
Evelyn H. Saru ◽  
Patti Wojahn
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Medical Information ◽  
Medical Intervention ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Diverse Populations ◽  
Experience Design ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Design Factors ◽  
Small Screen

Mobile phones offer promising solutions to basic health-care provisions for developing countries like Malaysia. However, for such technologies to be useful for health and medical intervention, information designers must make information shared via small-screen usable for diverse cultural audiences within a nation. In this entry, we use the international patient experience design framework to propose a heuristic for addressing this situation. This approach can provide insights that can facilitate the “glocalization”—or creating materials to address specific cultural contexts and make health and medical information more usable to diverse populations living in the same country.

scholarly journals Implications of conflicting definitions of probability to health risk communication: a case study of familial cancer and genetic counselling

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kieran C O'Doherty
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Risk Communication ◽  
Genetic Counselling ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Familial Cancer ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Research And Practice

The question of what probability actually is has long been debated in philosophy and statistics. Although the concept of probability is fundamental to many applications in the health sciences, these debates are generally not well known to health professionals. This paper begins with an outline of some of the different interpretations of probability. Examples are provided of how each interpretation manifests in clinical practice. The discipline of genetic counselling (familial cancer) is used to ground the discussion. In the second part of the paper, some of the implications that different interpretations of probability may have in practice are examined. The main purpose of the paper is to draw attention to the fact that there is much contention as to the nature of the concept of probability. In practice, this creates the potential for ambiguity and confusion. This paper constitutes a call for deeper engagement with the ways in which probability and risk are understood in health research and practice.

Communicating Information About Environmental Health Risk: Perspectives from Environmental Civil Society Organizations

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelagh K. Genuis
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Risk Communication ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Environmental Health Risk ◽  
Information Worlds

We examine the role of Canadian non-profit and nongovernmentalenvironmental groups in publicdiscourse about environmental health risk.Organization representatives were interviewed;implications for risk communication areconsidered. Findings suggest: organizationscontribute to the information worlds of citizens;benefit may be realized from fostering dialogue andpartnership with these organizations.environnementaux sans but lucratif et les organismesnon gouvernementaux du Canada dans le discourspublic sur les risques de santé dus à l’environnement.Des représentants des organisations ont étéinterrogés; les implications pour la communicationdes risques ont été prises en compte. Les résultatsindiquent que ces organisations contribuent auxmondes informationnels des citoyens, et qu’il y aavantage à favoriser le dialogue et les partenariatsavec ces organisations.

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