Volume
37
Issue
5
Abstract
Risk communication strategies can help increase the effectiveness with which educators, specialist communicate with audiences about human health and safety. This publication outlines specific techniques and strategies to motivate people to take action, calm people down when they are enraged, and to communicate information that may be difficult to understand. Many programming areas, agriculture and natural resources, community development, consumer and family sciences, and 4-H and youth each deal with risk-related subject areas. The application of strategies like those outlined in this publication can help to increase the effectiveness with which health and safety programs are developed and delivered.
Recommended Citation
Hutcheson, S. (1999). Effective Use of Risk Communication Strategies for Health & Safety Educational Materials. The Journal of Extension, 37(5), Article 4. https://open.clemson.edu/joe/vol37/iss5/4
