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Wim Verbeke - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the use of social media in food Risk and benefit communication
Trends in Food Science and Technology, 2013Co-Authors: Pieter Rutsaert, Aine Regan, Zuzanna Pieniak, Aine Mcconnon, Adrian Moss, P G Wall, Wim VerbekeAbstract:The proliferation of social media applications such as online communities, social networking sites, or blogs gives the public new means for receiving, and importantly, providing information. Many opportunities are opening up for food Risk Communicators by the wide variety of social media applications and the digital environment with enormous abilities for storing, retrieving and reusing information. The global nature of today's food chains asks for a global approach in communicating food-related Risk and benefit issues. However, the evolution of social media also presents a number of pitfalls related to information accuracy, trust and source credibility. This paper portrays and comments on the structural changes in communication and discusses on the current state of social media as a possible tool for communicating food Risks and benefits.
Alexis A Merdjanoff - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Risk salience of a novel virus us population Risk perception knowledge and receptivity to public health interventions regarding the zika virus prior to local transmission
PLOS ONE, 2017Co-Authors: Rachael Piltchloeb, David M Abramson, Alexis A MerdjanoffAbstract:BACKGROUND: As the incidence of Zika infection accelerated in Central and South American countries from November 2015 through April 2016, U.S. public health officials developed vector control and Risk communication strategies to address mosquito-borne and sexual modes of transmission. This study reports upon U.S. perceptions of the Zika virus prior to domestic transmission, and analyzes the association of socio-economic, political, knowledge and Risk factors with population receptivity to selected behavioral, environmental, and clinical intervention strategies. METHODS: A representative sample of 1,233 U.S. residents was drawn from address-based telephone and mobile phone lists, including an oversample of 208 women of child-bearing age living in five U.S. southern states. Data were collected between April and June, 2016, and weighted to represent U.S. population distributions. RESULTS: Overall, 78% of the U.S. population was aware of Zika prior to domestic transmission. Those unaware of the novel virus were more likely to be younger, lower income, and of Hispanic ethnicity. Among those aware of Zika, over half would delay pregnancy for a year or more in response to public health warnings; approximately one third agreed with a possible vector-control strategy of targeted indoor spraying by the government; and nearly two-thirds agreed that the government should make pregnancy-termination services available to women who learn their fetus had a Zika-related birth defect. Receptivity to these public health interventions varied by age, Risk perception, and knowledge of the virus. CONCLUSION: Risk salience and population receptivity to public health interventions targeting a novel virus can be conditioned on pre-existing characteristics in the event of an emerging infectious disease. Risk Communicators should consider targeted strategies to encourage adoption of behavioral, environmental, and clinical interventions.
Adam S. Willcox - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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To Eat or not to Eat an Endangered Species: Views of Local Residents and Physicians on the Safety of Sea Turtle Consumption in Northwestern Mexico
EcoHealth, 2009Co-Authors: Jesse Senko, Wallace J. Nichols, James Perran Ross, Adam S. WillcoxAbstract:Sea turtles have historically been an important food resource for many coastal inhabitants of Mexico. Today, the consumption of sea turtle meat and eggs continues in northwestern Mexico despite well-documented legal protection and market conditions providing easier access to other more reliable protein sources. Although there is growing evidence that consuming sea turtles may be harmful to human health due to biotoxins, environmental contaminants, viruses, parasites, and bacteria, many at-Risk individuals, trusted information sources, and Risk Communicators may be unaware of this information. Therefore, we interviewed 134 residents and 37 physicians in a region with high rates of sea turtle consumption to: (1) examine their knowledge and perceptions concerning these Risks, as a function of sex, age, occupation, education and location; (2) document the occurrence of illness resulting from consumption; and (3) identify information needs for effective Risk communication. We found that 32% of physicians reported having treated patients who were sickened from sea turtle consumption. Although physicians believed sea turtles were an unhealthy food source, they were largely unaware of specific health hazards found in regional sea turtles, regardless of location. By contrast, residents believed that sea turtles were a healthy food source, regardless of sex, age, occupation, and education, and they were largely unaware of specific health hazards found in regional sea turtles, regardless of age, occupation, and education. Although most residents indicated that they would cease consumption if their physician told them it was unhealthy, women were significantly more likely to do so than men. These results suggest that residents may lack the necessary knowledge to make informed dietary decisions and physicians do not have enough accurate information to effectively communicate Risks with their patients.
Aine Mcconnon - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Risk communication and social media during food safety crises: a study of stakeholders’ opinions in Ireland
Journal of Risk Research, 2014Co-Authors: Aine Regan, P G Wall, Monique M. Raats, Liran Christine Shan, Aine McconnonAbstract:Social media is a particular communication platform which has witnessed an exponential growth in use and influence in recent years, democratising the communication process, and offering Risk Communicators a way of putting into practice those principles which are advocated to be at the core of Risk management and communication. However, little is known about stakeholders’ willingness to embrace this new form of communication in a food crisis. The current study presented an exploratory investigation of the opinions of Irish stakeholders on the position of Risk communication in a crisis, with a particular focus on understanding what application social media may have. In-depth one-to-one interviews were carried out with key stakeholders holding frontline positions in managing and communicating about Risk in the food sector in Ireland. The stakeholders identified Risk communication as a central activity in a food safety crisis, driven by an obligation to protect both consumer health and the reputation of the I...
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the use of social media in food Risk and benefit communication
Trends in Food Science and Technology, 2013Co-Authors: Pieter Rutsaert, Aine Regan, Zuzanna Pieniak, Aine Mcconnon, Adrian Moss, P G Wall, Wim VerbekeAbstract:The proliferation of social media applications such as online communities, social networking sites, or blogs gives the public new means for receiving, and importantly, providing information. Many opportunities are opening up for food Risk Communicators by the wide variety of social media applications and the digital environment with enormous abilities for storing, retrieving and reusing information. The global nature of today's food chains asks for a global approach in communicating food-related Risk and benefit issues. However, the evolution of social media also presents a number of pitfalls related to information accuracy, trust and source credibility. This paper portrays and comments on the structural changes in communication and discusses on the current state of social media as a possible tool for communicating food Risks and benefits.
Aine Regan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Risk communication and social media during food safety crises: a study of stakeholders’ opinions in Ireland
Journal of Risk Research, 2014Co-Authors: Aine Regan, P G Wall, Monique M. Raats, Liran Christine Shan, Aine McconnonAbstract:Social media is a particular communication platform which has witnessed an exponential growth in use and influence in recent years, democratising the communication process, and offering Risk Communicators a way of putting into practice those principles which are advocated to be at the core of Risk management and communication. However, little is known about stakeholders’ willingness to embrace this new form of communication in a food crisis. The current study presented an exploratory investigation of the opinions of Irish stakeholders on the position of Risk communication in a crisis, with a particular focus on understanding what application social media may have. In-depth one-to-one interviews were carried out with key stakeholders holding frontline positions in managing and communicating about Risk in the food sector in Ireland. The stakeholders identified Risk communication as a central activity in a food safety crisis, driven by an obligation to protect both consumer health and the reputation of the I...
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the use of social media in food Risk and benefit communication
Trends in Food Science and Technology, 2013Co-Authors: Pieter Rutsaert, Aine Regan, Zuzanna Pieniak, Aine Mcconnon, Adrian Moss, P G Wall, Wim VerbekeAbstract:The proliferation of social media applications such as online communities, social networking sites, or blogs gives the public new means for receiving, and importantly, providing information. Many opportunities are opening up for food Risk Communicators by the wide variety of social media applications and the digital environment with enormous abilities for storing, retrieving and reusing information. The global nature of today's food chains asks for a global approach in communicating food-related Risk and benefit issues. However, the evolution of social media also presents a number of pitfalls related to information accuracy, trust and source credibility. This paper portrays and comments on the structural changes in communication and discusses on the current state of social media as a possible tool for communicating food Risks and benefits.
