TY - JOUR ID - 11505 TI - Risk perception, Public health and Risk communication JO - Journal of Health Literacy JA - JHL LA - en SN - - AU - Charoghchian Khorasani, Elham AU - Vahedian-Shahroodi, Mohammad AD - PhD Student in Health Education and Promotion, Student Research Committee, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. AD - Associate Professor, Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. Y1 - 2018 PY - 2018 VL - 3 IS - 2 SP - 77 EP - 81 KW - Risk perception KW - Public health KW - Risk communication DO - 10.22038/jhl.2018.32549.1000 N2 - Background and objective:The world today, in addition to dealing with natural disasters such as flood and earthquake, is witnessing humanitarian disasters like war. Although perceived risk is a subjective risk assessment and it varies from person to person and from region to region, but the formation of a proper risk communication at the time of these events is a task for health experts. Risk communication is a two-way, dynamic interaction in which both sides exchange information about the nature, importance and control of the risk. This article was written to understand risk, public health and risk communication. Paper Type:letter to editor. UR - https://literacy.mums.ac.ir/article_11505.html L1 - https://literacy.mums.ac.ir/article_11505_63ad57f0be20f26b4678f14c45b514e0.pdf ER -