‘Heart Robot’, a public engagement project

Evaluation of a Multistate Public Engagement Project on Pandemic Influenza

Summary: Program evaluation of public engagement processes is important in understanding how well these processes work and in building a knowledge base to improve future engagement efforts. This program evaluation examined a CDC initiative in six states to engage the public about pandemic influenza. Evaluation results indicated the six states were successful in engaging citizens in their proces...

E-Public Engagement: Formulating a Citizencontent Engagement Model

Governments around the world are increasingly using the internet to inform, interact and communicate with their citizens, thereby fostering e-public engagement. A significant research focus has been restricted to how governments use the internet, the policies surrounding its use, and how it impacts or benefits governance and public engagement. However, there is a need for studies to investigate...

UK Biobank: a model for public engagement?

Whilst in other applications of genetic technology the public debate has begun only when a piece of research has been completed, public consultations on biobanking began in 2000, before the funding for UK Biobank was even agreed, and have continued throughout its development. UK Biobank has obvious attractions for the British public. It is being set up specifically as a resource for research in...

A Typology of Public Engagement Mechanisms

Communicating chemistry for public engagement.

The communication of chemistry to wider society is difficult because of ‘chemophobia’, its inherent complexity and its lack of unifying grand themes. To engage with citizens about the benefits and related dangers of the field, chemists must improve their dialogue with broader sections of the public — but how?