Risk communication and decision tools for children's health protection

Analyzing Tools and Algorithms for Privacy Protection and Data Security in Social Networks

The purpose of this research, is to study factors influencing privacy concerns about data security and protection on social network sites and its’ influence on self-disclosure. 100 articles about privacy protection, data security, information disclosure and Information leakage on social networks were studied. Models and algorithms types and their repetition in articles have been distinguished a...

Risk communication, risk perception, and public health.

Risk communication is about building trust while deploying an interactive and ongoing communication process in which audience members are active participants. This interactive participation may not solve a public health crisis, but it will help reduce unwarranted fear, anxiety and distrust. Consequently, if a government agency fails to understand how to effectively communicate about health risk...

Shared decision making, decision aids, and risk communication.

Risk Communication in Health

Policy makers, health professionals, and patients have to understand health statistics to make informed medical decisions. However, health messages often follow a persuasive rather than an informative approach and undermine the idea of informed decisionmaking. The current practice of health risk communication is often biased: Risks are communicated one sided and in nontransparent formats. There...

Primary Childrens Collaborative Cartography: Communication and Mapping Processes

Simple but powerful computer drawing tools give primary school pupils the opportunity to act as creative cartographers and to collaborate in the construction of electronic maps. Use of such technology in schools is promoted by the Ordnance Survey and by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, the body responsible for the delivery of the National Curriculum in English primary and secondary ...