Assessing radiation risk perception by means of a European stakeholder survey
| Autor: | Alan H. Tkaczyk, Sveva Grande, Christine Willrodt, Tanja Perko, T. Duranova, Sisko Salomaa, Päivi Roivainen, Mauro Grigioni, Rein Murakas, Sara Della Monaca, Valentina Dini, Simon Bouffler, Rein Koch, Alessandra Palma |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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education.field_of_study
business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Population Professional development Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Stakeholder General Medicine Public relations Europe Risk perception Radiation Protection Surveys and Questionnaires Perception Credibility Humans Relevance (law) European Union Radiation protection business education Waste Management and Disposal media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Radiological Protection. 41:1145-1165 |
| ISSN: | 1361-6498 0952-4746 |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1361-6498/abf75a |
| Popis: | It is increasingly recognized that stakeholder views can be essential to ascertain the credibility of those entrusted with protection of the public and workers against radiation risks, the robustness of the approaches to protection and the relevance of research underpinning radiation protection. The CONCERT European Joint Programme of radiation protection research included consideration of stakeholder views. These were surveyed by means of a publicly available survey that was made available in fifteen languages to help encourage responses from a wide range of European countries. The survey ran in 2017 and received some 1961 responses over many countries, though response rates varied widely between countries. The survey respondents were largely highly educated with many having a professional connection to radiation protection or the use of radiation in medicine or industry. Survey results indicated a high level of scientific/technical knowledge relevant to radiation protection and indicated a general trust of most actors involved in the radiation protection field, perhaps unsurprisingly given the nature of the sampled population. Most expressed a reasonable level of satisfaction with the information available to them on radiation risk, but there is clearly room for improvement. Additionally, the survey identified potential training needs amongst the groups responding. It is concluded that, while the survey results are limited by the non-representativeness of the respondents by comparison with the EU population as a whole, it has been successful in gaining insights into areas where communication could be improved, where professional training gaps are present and where research could help to build wider trust in radiation protection. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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