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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hillier, Dawn, 1950-
Language:	English
Published:	Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Gower, [2006], ©2006.
Subjects:	Health risk communication. Public health > Citizen participation. Risk communication. 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
Format:	Book

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.