Citation

Merrill J. Medinfo 2004; 2004(CD): 1757.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, International Federation for Information Processing, Publisher IOS Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15360585

Abstract

The US national emergencies of 2001 were notable for public health messages that often disregarded principles of risk communication. We conducted a pilot study of techniques used to create public health emergency messages as a preliminary step toward designing computer-based decision support for emergency message development, using science-based risk communication principles. Findings suggest that the collaborative culture of US public health agencies may hinder message development, even when public health staff is knowledgeable about risk communication theory.