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Communicating about risk: strategies for situations where public concern is high but the risk is low.
Hooker, C; Capon, A; Leask, JPublished 2017-02-01In this article, we summarise research that identifies best practice for communicating about hazards where the risk is low but public concern is high. We apply Peter Sandman’s ‘risk = hazard + outrage’ formulation to these ...Open AccessArticle -
Consent and public engagement in an era of expanded childhood immunisation.
Leask, J; Braunack-Mayer, A; Kerridge, IPublished 2011-01-01Childhood immunisation programmes have seen well-heralded successes in disease control. An increasing number of scheduled vaccines, narrowing risk–benefit ratios and public attention to vaccine safety raise new questions ...Open AccessArticle -
Journalists' views about reporting avian influenza and a potential pandemic: a qualitative study
Hooker, C; King, C; Leask, JPublished 2012-01-01Background: The mass media is a key component of any public communication strategy for influenza or other respiratory illnesses, but coverage can be variable. In this study we explored the factors that influenced journalists’ ...Open AccessArticle -
Lessons from an online debate about measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) immunization
Nicholson, Michelle S.; Leask, JPublished 2012-05-01OBJECTIVE: To provide strategies for immunization advocates on how best to participate in online discussion forums about immunization. METHODS: Content and thematic analysis of an online discussion forum held following the ...Open AccessArticle -
Listen up, health officials – here’s how to reduce ‘Ebolanoia’
Hooker, C; Leask, JPublished 2014-11-06An epidemic disease such as Ebola brings suffering to more than those who get ill or die. Social and economic threats can actually outstrip the medical ones. The outbreaks of SARS in 2003, for example, cost the world economy ...Open AccessArticle -
Media coverage of health issues and how to work more effectively with journalists: a qualitative study
Leask, J; Hooker, C; King, CPublished 2010-01-01Background:The mass media has enormous potential to influence health-related behaviours and perceptions. Much research has focused on how the media frames health issues. This study sought to explore how journalists in ...Open AccessArticle -
Media ethics and infectious disease
Hooker, C; Leask, J; King, CPublished 2012-01-01The traditional mass media is a necessary safeguard of human security, yet it can also threaten that security. The mass media has been a primary mode of disseminating information and encouraging debate and critique on ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Target the fence-sitters
Leask, JPublished 2011-05-26Past waves of vaccine rejection in industrialized nations have a lot to teach us about preventing future ones.Open AccessArticle -
Understanding Immunisation Controversies
Leask, JPublished 2002-01-01BACKGROUND: Mass childhood vaccination has had a profound impact on reducing morbidity and mortality from a number of infectious diseases. Ironically, as vaccine preventable diseases become less common and so less visible ...Open AccessThesis
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