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Informing and educating the public about risk.

P Slovic

    Risk Analysis : an Official Publication of the Society for Risk Analysis
    |December 1, 1986
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    Effectively communicating scientific risk information to the public is challenging due to scientific limitations and human cognitive biases. Overcoming these obstacles requires sensitive design of risk communication strategies.

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    Area of Science:

    • Risk Communication
    • Public Health
    • Science Communication

    Background:

    • Public education on risk issues faces practical challenges despite seeming straightforward.
    • Effective risk communication requires addressing inherent difficulties in scientific risk assessment and human perception.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To illustrate the difficulties in achieving the objective of informing and educating the public about risk issues.
    • To identify obstacles that hinder effective risk communication.

    Main Methods:

    • Conceptual analysis of challenges in risk assessment and human cognition.
    • Review of principles for designing effective risk information programs.

    Main Results:

    • Scientific risk assessment has limitations that complicate public understanding.
    • Human cognitive idiosyncrasies present significant barriers to comprehending risk information.
    • Communicating complex, uncertain technical material comprehensibly is a major hurdle.

    Conclusions:

    • Risk communicators must acknowledge and overcome limitations in scientific data and human psychology.
    • Designing understandable presentations of complex, uncertain information is crucial.
    • Sensitivity to these difficulties is key for successful risk information program design.

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