Deborah Glik
Risk Communication for Public Health Emergencies
University of California, Los Angeles
review defines crisis risk communication traces origins number applied fields shows basic principles become incorporated emergency preparedness risk communication public health literature four different disciplines inform crisis risk communications reviewed environmental risk communication b disaster management c health promotion communication media communication studies current curricula training materials briefly reviewed although literature review suggests much progress made incorporate disseminate crisis risk communication principles public health practice case studies suggest public health workers gained skills experience emerging field still lacks indepth evaluation effectiveness eventspecific crisis risk communication efforts