Main description:

This book presents detailed accounts of policymaking in contemporary risk communication. Specifically, it expands on the understanding of the policy decision-making process where there is little or no evidential base, and where multiple interpretations, power dynamics and values shape the interpretation of public health risk issues. The book argues that public health risk communication is a process embedded within multiple dimensions of power and set out practical way forward for public health risk communication.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Risk, Risk Communication and Policy MakingChapter 2: Risk Assessment and the Nature of Expertise in Policy MakingChapter 3: The Critique of the Social Amplification of Risk Framework from the Power PerspectiveChapter 4: The UK Smoking DebateChapter 5: The UK MMR Vaccine Debate (1998 - 2000)Chapter 6: The Sugar DebateChapter 7: The Policy Evaluation Risk Communication FrameworkChapter 8: The Role of Power and Expertise in Social Amplification of RiskChapter 9: Best Practice Risk Communication and Conclusion