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Health authorities’ health risk communication with the public during pandemics: a rapid scoping review

BMC public health, 2021-07, Vol.21 (1), p.1-1401, Article 1401 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

COPYRIGHT 2021 BioMed Central Ltd. ;2021. This work is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;The Author(s) 2021 ;ISSN: 1471-2458 ;EISSN: 1471-2458 ;DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-11468-3 ;PMID: 34266403

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  • Title:
    Health authorities’ health risk communication with the public during pandemics: a rapid scoping review
  • Author: Berg, Siv Hilde ; O'Hara, Jane K ; Shortt, Marie Therese ; Thune, Henriette ; Brannick, Kolbjarn Kallesten ; Lungu, Daniel Adrian ; Raislien, Jo ; Wiig, Siri
  • Subjects: Analysis ; Content analysis ; Control ; Coronaviruses ; COVID-19 ; Digital media ; Epidemics ; H1N1 ; Health communication ; Health risk communication ; Health risks ; Infectious diseases ; Media communication ; Pandemic ; Pandemics ; Protective behavior ; Public health ; Reviews ; Risk communication ; Social behavior ; Social networks ; Swine flu ; Video communication ; Visual communication
  • Is Part Of: BMC public health, 2021-07, Vol.21 (1), p.1-1401, Article 1401
  • Description: Abstract Background Responses from the H1N1 swine flu pandemic and the recent COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic provide an opportunity for insight into the role of health authorities’ ways of communicating health risk information to the public. We aimed to synthesise the existing evidence regarding different modes of communication used by health authorities in health risk communication with the public during a pandemic. Methods We conducted a rapid scoping review. MEDLINE and EMBASE were searched for publications in English from January 2009 through October 2020, covering both the full H1N1 pandemic and the response phase during the COVID-19 pandemic. The search resulted in 1440 records, of which 48 studies met our eligibility criteria . Results The present review identified studies across a broad interdisciplinary field of health risk communication. The majority focused on the H1N1 pandemic and the COVID-19 pandemic. A content analysis of the studies identified three categories for modes of communication: i) communication channels, ii) source credibility and iii) how the message is communicated. The identified studies on social media focused mainly on content and engagement, while studies on the effect of the use of social media and self-protective behaviour were lacking. Studies on the modes of communication that take the diversity of receivers in the field into account are lacking. A limited number of studies of health authorities’ use of graphic and audio-visual means were identified, yet these did not consider/evaluate creative communication choices. Conclusion Experimental studies that investigate the effect of health authorities’ videos and messages on social media platforms and self-protective behaviour are needed. More studies are needed across the fields of health risk communication and media studies, including visual communication, web design, video and digital marketing, at a time when online digital communication is central to reaching the public.
  • Publisher: London: BioMed Central Ltd
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1471-2458
    EISSN: 1471-2458
    DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-11468-3
    PMID: 34266403
  • Source: Geneva Foundation Free Medical Journals at publisher websites
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