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Communicating Risk in Public Health Emergencies: A WHO Guideline for Emergency Risk Communication (ERC) Policy and Practice

World Health Organization (WHO) (2017), xi, 57 pp.

"The recommendations in these guidelines provide overarching, evidence-based guidance on how risk communication should be practised in an emergency. The recommendations also guide countries on building capacity for communicating risk during health emergencies. Specific step-by-step instructions are ... more

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Communicating Emergency Preparedness: Practical Strategies for the Public and Private Sectors

Damon P. Coppola, Erin K. Maloney

Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2nd ed. (2017), 258 pp.

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Effective Communication During Disasters: Making Use of Technology, Media, and Human Resources

Girish Bobby Kapur, Sarah Bezek, Jonathan Dyal (eds.)

Oakville, Ontario; Waretown, NJ: Apple Academic Press (2017), xxvi, 284 pp.

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Risk Communication Applied to Food Safety: Handbook

Rome; Geneva: FAO;World Health Organization (WHO) (2016), 87 pp.

"This handbook focuses on practical principles and best practices of risk communication to support risk management of adverse food safety (including quality) events associated with biological, chemical or physical hazards. Food defence and nutritional aspects are outside the scope. Another focus of ... more

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Social and Behavior Change Communication for Emergency Preparedness: Implementation Kit

Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (2016), 164 pp.

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Trends in Risk Communication Policies and Practices

Paris: OECD (2016), 87 pp.

"Good risk communication is crucial for raising awareness among citizens and business about the risks their countries face. However, many countries have seen their risk communication tools fail in the past, leading to persistently low levels of risk awareness, especially in the absence of recent dis ... more

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Estrategia nacional de comunicación de riesgos para emergencias sanitarias y desastres en la República Dominicana

Santo Domingo (DO): Ministerio de Salud Pública (2016), 106 pp.

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ICT for Disaster Risk Management

Incheon: Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (APCICT-ESCAP) (2016), 85 pp.

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Disaster Risk Reduction Information Kit for Media

Vientiane Capital (LA): Department of Disaster Management and Climate Change (DDMCC) (2016), 61 pp.

"The media can make a real difference in the way people think about and act on disasters. Reporters, commentators, editors, broadcasters, and all members of the media can do more than just inform and raise awareness about disasters. By exploring the root causes of disasters and their social dimensio ... more

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A Textual Processing Model of Risk Communication: Lessons from Typhoon Haiyan

Raul P. Lejano, Joyce Melcar Tan, A. Meriwether W. Wilson

American Meteorological Society, volume 8, issue 4 (2016), pp. 447-463

"As the world's urban poor increase in numbers, they become acutely vulnerable to hazards from extreme weather events. On 8 November 2013, Typhoon Haiyan struck the province of Leyte, Philippines, with casualties numbering in the thousands, largely because of the ensuing storm surge that swept the c ... more

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Risk Communication Basics

NOAA (2016), 18 pp.

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La communication environnementale: Enjeux, acteurs et stratégies

Oumar Kane

Paris: L'Harmattan (2016), 132 pp.

"Dans la première partie, intitulée Repenser l’environnement en tant que commun, les considérations liées à la nécessité d’une approche interdisciplinaire en communication environnementale sont précisées. La deuxième partie, intitulée La question du public et la gouvernance de l’env ... more

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Affirmative Duties: The Institutional and Individual Capabilities Required in Disaster Coverage

Lee Wilkins

Journalism Studies, volume 17, issue 2 (2016), pp. 216-230

"Most analysis of media coverage of disaster has a normative edge. This paper outlines a philosophical basis for establishing normative standards for news coverage of natural hazards and human-based risk. It begins with a top-down, or system-oriented, epistemological approach to disasters and risk. ... more

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Planning Communication for Agricultural Disaster Risk Management: A Field Guide

Maria Protz et al.

Rome: FAO (2015), vi, 104 pp.

"Reducing risk and increasing resilience to natural disasters and climate change requires access to knowledge, information and the active participation of vulnerable population. Planning Communication for Agricultural Disaster Risk Management (ADRM) is a field guide to orient ADRM teams and concerne ... more

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Media Capacity Building and Disaster Risk Reduction: Building Resilience and Protecting Socio-Economic Development Gains in Southeast Asia

Akina Mikami et al.

ABC International Development (2014), 33 pp.

"This literature review focuses on the value of investing in building the communication capacity of broadcasters in the ASEAN region, for the purpose of strengthening civic resilience and sustainability of socioeconomic development in the context of environmental disasters. Both are drivers for pove ... more

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Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication

Barbara Reynolds, Matthew Seeger

Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2014), xix, 424 pp.

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The Role of Broadcast Media in Disaster Preparedness Education: Lessons Learned in the Scientific Literature 2002–2012

Eila Romo-Murphy, Marita Vos

Media Asia, volume 41, issue 1 (2014), pp. 71-85

"This paper aims to clarify the role of broadcast media in disaster preparedness education concerning natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis. This is done by means of a systematic review of the scientific literature on this topic over the last 10 years. The results show that media inform ... more

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UNICEF Communication for Development Support to Public Health Preparedness and Disaster Risk Reduction in East Asia and the Pacific: A Review

Bangkok: UNICEF (2013), 28 pp.

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Guide for Uncertainty Communication

Arthur Petersen, Peter Janssen, Jeroen van der Sluijs

The Hague: PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (2013), 26 pp.

"Dealing with uncertainty has been an important and distinct topic for PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (formerly MNP) and the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), in terms of analysis and communication. Acting responsibly with regard to this issue is ... important; particularly where policy analyses are concerned. Without adequate attention to the role and implications of uncertainty, the outcome of research and assessments may be of limited value and could result in incorrect policy decisions, with all the attendant consequences. However, the general public does not always appear in need of very detailed information in ‘documents full of subtle distinctions’. Consequently, information on uncertainty is not always considered relevant, understood, or even noticed. Thus, uncertainty remains an awkward issue and a challenge for the authors of policy reports. This Guide comprises hints and points of attention, as well as questions that researchers should try to answer when communicating about uncertainty (e.g. in written reports and presentations). It is not intended as a protocol; every situation is unique and demands its own approach. Thus, the Guide for Uncertainty Communication is intended to support the researcher/communicator in making well-considered choices. Communication on uncertainty regarding a particular study requires having a clear picture of why this communication is important and to whom it should be addressed. For this, the issues and concerns of the intended target audience(s) must be known, as well as all relevant uncertainties involved in the study and their possible effects on the results of the study. This involves serious reflection on certain topics, such as on where uncertainties originate, what significance and/or implications they have, if uncertainty may be reduced, on the context of the study, and on the manner in which uncertainty was dealt with in the study. The purpose of the study will strongly determine what uncertainty information would be relevant. For example, a study which primarily deals with the effects of policy measures will focus less on uncertainty about the severity of environmental problems than would be the case when a newly emerging environmental problem is explored. Addressing these questions, ideally, would provide a clear insight into all relevant aspects of uncertainty, which should be communicated effectively to the intended target audiences. This Guide is set up to support this process." (Preface, pages 4-5) more

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Climate Change in the Media: Reporting Risk and Uncertainty

James Painter

London; New York: Tauris;Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2013), xvi, 173 pp.

"Scientists and politicians are increasingly using the language of risk to describe the climate change challenge. Some researchers have argued that stressing the ‘risks‘ posed by climate change rather than the ‘uncertainties‘ can create a more helpful context for policy makers and a stronger ... more