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An Epistemological View on Risk Exposure Assessment: A Case Study
Daniele Chiffi1, Paola Berchialla2, Dario Gregori1
1Unit of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Public Health, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
The Open Nursing Journal
|December 15, 2017
Summary
Accurately measuring health risk exposure, particularly for children
Area of Science:
- Health Risk Assessment
- Child Health
- Epistemology
Background:
- Health Risk Assessment is crucial in healthcare.
- Measuring exposure in risk assessment remains a challenge.
Purpose of the Study:
- Address methodological issues in health risk assessment.
- Emphasize a philosophical and epistemological approach.
- Highlight difficulties in exposure assessment techniques.
Main Methods:
- Methodological review and critical discussion.
- Case study: foreign body injuries in children.
- Bibliographic search (Medline, Econlite, CIS) and database research (CDC, CPSC, DGSANCO).
Main Results:
- Ten papers identified on foreign body injury risk estimates in children.
Conclusions:
- Evaluating injury risk is complex due to multiple variables.
- Advocates for an epistemological and holistic approach to risk assessment.
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