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Communicating health risks to the public : a global perspective / Dawn Hillier.

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Van Pelt Library RA423.2 .H55 2006
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hillier, Dawn, 1950-
Contributor:
Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Health risk communication.
Public health--Citizen participation.
Public health.
Risk communication.
Health Education--methods.
Communication.
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice.
Public Health Administration.
Risk Reduction Behavior.
Risk-Taking.
Global Health.
Medical Subjects:
Health Education--methods.
Communication.
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice.
Public Health Administration.
Risk Reduction Behavior.
Risk-Taking.
Global Health.
Physical Description:
xiv, 145 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Place of Publication:
Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Gower, [2006]
Contents:
View from the global village
Cultural meaning of risk
How do we perceive risks?
The art and science of health risk communication
The amplification of risk : styles and approaches to contemporary health risk communication
Fast cars and cool cigarettes : resilience of risky behaviour in young people
Risk communication and the media
Social life of risk communication
Communication shapes the world.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [121]-137) and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
ISBN:
0566086727
9780566086724
OCLC:
70119680

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