Prioritizing Communication About Radiation Risk Reduction in the United States: Results from a Multi-criteria Decision Analysis.

Autor:	Ferguson RW; Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health & Engineering, Baltimore, Maryland., Barnett DJ; Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health & Engineering, Baltimore, Maryland., Kennedy RD; Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Baltimore, Maryland., Sell TK; Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health & Engineering, Baltimore, Maryland.; Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, Baltimore, Maryland., Wieder JS; National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement, Bethesda, Maryland., Spannhake EW; Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health & Engineering, Baltimore, Maryland.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Disaster medicine and public health preparedness [Disaster Med Public Health Prep] 2021 Dec; Vol. 15 (6), pp. 718-726. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jun 23.
DOI:	10.1017/dmp.2020.89
Abstrakt:	Objectives: The lack of radiation knowledge among the general public continues to be a challenge for building communities prepared for radiological emergencies. This study applied a multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) to the results of an expert survey to identify priority risk reduction messages and challenges to increasing community radiological emergency preparedness. Methods: Professionals with expertise in radiological emergency preparedness, state/local health and emergency management officials, and journalists/journalism academics were surveyed following a purposive sampling methodology. An MCDA was used to weight criteria of importance in a radiological emergency, and the weighted criteria were applied to topics such as sheltering-in-place, decontamination, and use of potassium iodide. Results were reviewed by respondent group and in aggregate. Results: Sheltering-in-place and evacuation plans were identified as the most important risk reduction measures to communicate to the public. Possible communication challenges during a radiological emergency included access to accurate information; low levels of public trust; public knowledge about radiation; and communications infrastructure failures. Conclusions: Future assessments for community readiness for a radiological emergency should include questions about sheltering-in-place and evacuation plans to inform risk communication.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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