Risk Analysis
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Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityPhysiology (medical)
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Perceived Risk, Trust, and DemocracyRisk management has become increasingly politicized and contentious. Polarized views, controversy, and overt conflict have become pervasive. Risk‐perception research has recently begun to provide a new perspective on this problem. Distrust in risk analysis and risk management plays a central role in this perspective. According to this view, the conflicts and controversies surrounding risk ... ... hiện toàn bộ
Tập 13 Số 6 - Trang 675-682 - 1993
Gender, Race, and Perception of Environmental Health RisksThis paper reports the results of a national survey in which perceptions of environmental health risks were measured for 1275 white and 214 nonwhite persons. The results showed that white women perceived risks to be much higher than did white men, a result that is consistent with previous studies. However, this gender difference was not true of nonwhite women and men, whose perceptions of ... ... hiện toàn bộ
Tập 14 Số 6 - Trang 1101-1108 - 1994
Five‐Hundred Life‐Saving Interventions and Their Cost‐EffectivenessWe gathered information on the cost‐effectiveness of life‐saving interventions in the United States from publicly available economic analyses. “Life‐saving interventions” were defined as any behavioral and/or technological strategy that reduces the probability of premature death among a specified target population. We defined cost‐effectiveness as the net resource costs of an intervention ... ... hiện toàn bộ
Tập 15 Số 3 - Trang 369-390 - 1995
Perception of Hazards: The Role of Social Trust and KnowledgeRecent research indicates that social trust of those who manage a hazard is strongly correlated to judgments about the hazard's risk and benefits. The present study investigates the more specific question of “For which hazards is this?” It was postulated that when an individual lacks knowledge about a hazard, social trust of authorities managing the hazard determines perceived risks and be... ... hiện toàn bộ
Tập 20 Số 5 - Trang 713-720 - 2000
Risk Perception and Communication Unplugged: Twenty Years of Process1Over the past twenty years, risk communication researchers and practitioners have learned some lessons, often at considerable personal price. For the most part, the mistakes that they have made have been natural, even intelligent ones. As a result, the same pitfalls may tempt newcomers to the field. This essay offers a personal (even confessional) history of the field over this period. It ... ... hiện toàn bộ
Tập 15 Số 2 - Trang 137-145 - 1995
The Psychological Distance of Climate ChangeAvoiding dangerous climate change is one of the most urgent social risk issues we face today and understanding related public perceptions is critical to engaging the public with the major societal transformations required to combat climate change. Analyses of public perceptions have indicated that climate change is perceived as distant on a number of different dimensions. However, to date ... ... hiện toàn bộ
Tập 32 Số 6 - Trang 957-972 - 2012
The Influence of Trust and Perceptions of Risks and Benefits on the Acceptance of Gene TechnologyA causal model explaining acceptance of gene technology was tested. It was hypothesized that trust in institutions using gene technology or using modified products has a positive impact on perceived benefit and a negative influence on perceived risk of this technology. Furthermore, perceived benefit and perceived risk determine acceptance of biotechnology. In other words, trust has an indi... ... hiện toàn bộ
Tập 20 Số 2 - Trang 195-204 - 2000
What Are the Sources of Exposure to Eight Frequently Used Phthalic Acid Esters in Europeans?Phthalic acid esters (phthalates) are used as plasticizers in numerous consumer products, commodities, and building materials. Consequently, phthalates are found in human residential and occupational environments in high concentrations, both in air and in dust. Phthalates are also ubiquitous food and environmental contaminants. An increasing number of studies sampling human urine reveal th... ... hiện toàn bộ
Tập 26 Số 3 - Trang 803-824 - 2006
Risk Perceptions, General Environmental Beliefs, and Willingness to Address Climate ChangeThe research reported here examines the relationship between risk perceptions and willingness to address climate change. The data are a national sample of 1225 mail surveys that include measures of risk perceptions and knowledge tied to climate change, support for voluntary and government actions to address the problem, general environmental beliefs, and demographic variables. Risk percept... ... hiện toàn bộ
Tập 19 Số 3 - Trang 461-471 - 1999
Salient Value Similarity, Social Trust, and Risk/Benefit PerceptionIt was postulated that shared values determine social trust in institutions and persons related to a technology: One has trust in people holding similar salient values. Furthermore, it was hypothesized that social trust has a positive influence on perceived benefits and a negative impact on perceived risks. Results of a survey of University of Zürich students indicated that the proposed ca... ... hiện toàn bộ
Tập 20 Số 3 - Trang 353-362 - 2000