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Prevention and Communication Research
Best of the Web
Below are links to some of the most relevant and helpful resources available
on risk communication.
Risk Communication Bibliography
http://dccps.nci.nih.gov/decc/riskcommbib/intro.html
Funded by the National Cancer Institute, this bibliography is a searchable
(and downloadable) database that contains more than 650 references on
risk communication and risk publication. The references span 1990 to
2003 and include experimental reports, theoretical discussions, case
histories, how-to manuals, and review articles.
BMJ Issue on Risk Communication
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/content/vol327/issue7417/
Published in 2003, this engaging issue of BMJ focuses on risk communication.
Articles are free online and include:
- A lesson in understanding sensitivity and specificity
- Descriptions of practical strategies for communicating and understanding
statistical risk information
- A Cochrane systematic review on the effects of communicating individual
risks in screening programs
- A report of analogies that clinicians use to communicate risk to their
patients
JNCI Monograph on Cancer Risk Communication: What We Know and What We Need
to Learn
http://jncicancerspectrum.oupjournals.org/jncimono/content/vol1999/issue25/ (Note:
if this link isn’t active, please cut and paste the URL into your browser)
This key resource includes more than 30 articles on the challenges and considerations
in communicating cancer risk information, the use of persuasion for cancer
risk reduction, and the implications of improving risk communication through
various channels.
A Primer on Health Risk Communication Principles and Practices
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HEC/primer.html
As its name implies, this web document takes the reader back to the basics
of communicating health risks. It has such helpful features as “Myths and
Actions on Risk Communication” and “Several Cardinal Rules of Risk
Communication.”
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