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ReviewBundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz2021

[Risk communication in the containment of the COVID-19 pandemic: challenges and promising approaches].

Julika Loss, Evgeniya Boklage, Susanne Jordan, Mirjam A Jenny, Heide Weishaar, Charbel El Bcheraoui

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Review in Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. [The role and significance of trust for successful institutional risk communication].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2022
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  9. [A new understanding of risk communication in public health emergencies].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2022
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  11. On the role of data, statistics and decisions in a pandemic.Advances in statistical analysis : AStA : a journal of the German Statistical Society · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Julika LossAbteilung für Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsmonitoring, Robert Koch-Institut, General-Pape-Str. 62-66, 12101, Berlin, Deutschland. LossJ@rki.de.
Evgeniya BoklageZentrum für internationalen Gesundheitsschutz, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Deutschland.
Susanne JordanAbteilung für Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsmonitoring, Robert Koch-Institut, General-Pape-Str. 62-66, 12101, Berlin, Deutschland.
Mirjam A JennyProjektgruppe Wissenschaftskommunikation, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Deutschland.
Heide WeishaarZentrum für internationalen Gesundheitsschutz, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Deutschland.
Charbel El BcheraouiZentrum für internationalen Gesundheitsschutz, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Deutschland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Risk communication plays a central role in public health emergencies: it must enable informed decisions, promote protective or life-sustaining behaviour, and maintain trust in public institutions. In addition, uncertainties in knowledge must be named transparently; irrational fears and rumours must be refuted. Success factors for risk communication are the participation of citizens as well as the continuous recording of risk perception and risk competence in population groups. The current COVID-19 (corona virus disease 2019) pandemic poses specific challenges for risk communication.The state of knowledge on many important aspects concerning COVID-19 was and is often uncertain or preliminary, e.g. on transmission, symptoms, long-term effects and immunity. Communication is characterised by scientific language and an array of figures and statistics, which can render the content difficult to understand. Alongside the official announcements and statements by experts, COVID-19 is widely communicated on social media, spreading misinformation and speculation; this "infodemic" can complicate risk communication.Various national and international scientific projects will help tailor risk communication on COVID-19 to target groups and thereby render it more effective. These projects include explorative studies on how people deal with COVID-19-related information; the COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring (COSMO) project, a regularly conducted online survey on risk perception and protective behaviour; and an interdisciplinary qualitative study that compares the design, implementation and effectiveness of risk communication strategies in four countries.

Indexed as

COVID-19Social MediaCommunicationGermanyHumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2Crisis managementMediaRisk competenceRisk perceptionSARS-CoV‑2

Identifiers

PMID33564896
PMCPMC7872109

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