Dear colleagues,
for a research project we are collecting examples of tailored environmental risk communication on the Internet. Above all, we are interested in computer-tailored interventions in the framework of environmental risk communication (e. g. radiation protection, not consequences of individual human activities like smoking). It is easy to find many examples of computer tailored interventions backed by intensive research in the case of digital health, as for example:
https://www.myhealthforlife.com.au/
https://www.projectbiglife.ca/
Does anybody know projects (websites, scientific publications) related to environmental risk communication that provide good examples for-tailoring messages?
Many thanks for your attention!
Britta
See the following book, and (maybe) consider contacting its authors for more information:
- Risk communication: A handbook for communicating environmental, safety, and health risks
https://books.google.at/books?hl=en&lr=&id=V9djDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT11&dq=info:tLCWdq-05p4J:scholar.google.com/&ots=95b6q3xnci&sig=aqAz8_-rWXR1VNM9dfqfZrQMC6k#v=onepage&q&f=false
Dear Britta,
I interpret 'tailored' as that it means that the information provided is in line with information needs and existing knowledge and beliefs (and values and attitudes) of the target group. In this context I am not aware of any specific websites/texts, but the literature below may be helpful in your search.
An approach that is used in the field of environmental health risk communication to determine information needs and existing knowledge and beliefs is called the 'Mental Models approach' ( https://books.google.nl/books/about/Risk_Communication.html?id=kfM1OZNjeAwC&redir_esc=y)
There are many studies describing the results of this method: For example in the case of radon (spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1992.tb01946.x), electromagnetic fields ( Article Focal points for improving communications about electromagne...
), fires involving hazardous materials (Article Where there’s smoke, there’s fire: focal points for risk communication
), wildland fires (Article Toward Improved Communication about Wildland Fire: Mental Mo...
) or climate change (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1539-6924.1994.tb00065.x)Recently a qualitative and a quantitative study based on thios approach (of me and my colleagues) on food additives and contaminants were accepted for publication. The pre-proof of the quantitative study can be found online: (Article ‘All chemical substances are harmful.’ public appraisal of u...
). The qualitative study is still in press, but can be provided upon request.I hope these examples help!
All the best,
Tom
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