Recommendations To Improve
Health Risk Communication
A Report on Case Studies
in Health Risk Communication
Environmental
Health Policy Committee
Subcommittee
on Risk Communication and Education
November
1994
U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword
Prefatory Note
Executive Summary
Introduction
Health Risk Communication
Defined
Limitations
Methodology and
Organization
Case Study Profiles
Health Risk
Communication Description and Overview
Examples of
Health Risk Communications Perceived Effective
National Cancer
Institute, National Institutes of Health Improving the
Early Diagnosis of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma
National Library of
Medicine, National Institutes of Health—Clinical
Alerts Online System
National Center for
Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention—Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction
Project
National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of
Health—EHPC Report on Fluoride Benefits and Risks
National Institute of Mental
Health, National Institutes of Health—Reducing HIV
Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Runaway Adolescents
Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry—Case Studies in Environmental
Medicine
Center for Devices and
Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration—Bjork Shiley Convexo-Concave Heart Valve
Examples of
Health Risk Communications Perceived Less Effective
National Institute
of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of
Health—Analgesic Use and Kidney Disease
Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry—National Priorities
List Hazardous Waste Site Status Report
Center for Devices and
Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration—Temporomandibular Jaw Implants
Analysis of Case
Studies' Contribution to Improving the Quality of Health
Risk Communication
Recommendations
for Improving the Effectiveness of Health Risk
Communication
Selected
References
Appendix I: PHS
Health Risk Communication Practices and EPA's Seven
Cardinal Rules of Risk Communication
Appendix II:
Critical Process Steps in Health Risk Communication
Planning
Appendix III:
PHS Implementation Strategies
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