Effect of Communication Papers and Documents

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Tinker, Tim L. and Paula G. Silberberg	Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Evaluation Primer on Health Risk Communication Programs: Programs and Outcomes Primer on how to conduct effective evaluations of health risk communication programs. Publication Month: May 1997	Aug 31, 2001
	Ralston, Katherine, C. Philip Brent, Yolanda Starke, Toija Riggins, and C.T. Jordan Lin	Consumer Food Safety Behavior: A Case Study in Hamburger Cooking and Ordering Report on the changing attitudes of consumers towards hamburger doneness, as seen through their home preparation and hamburger ordering behaviors. It discusses the reasons for the changes, the savings in medical costs for foodborne illness as a result of the changes, and the effects of the findings on future food safety education practices. Data is provided in tables on hamburger color, hamburger doneness, consumer knowledge and attitudes, demographic characteristics, and more. An appendix is provided entitled "An Economic Model of Risk and Palatability in Doneness Choice". (more) Publication Month: May 2002	Oct 7, 2002
	Teutsch, Steven M.; Cohen, Joshua T.	Health Trade-offs From Policies to Alter Fish Consumption Introduction to a series of articles on a Harvard Center for Risk Analysis project to assess potential health consequences of advisories or other policies that influence fish consumption. There is no abstract available for this article, and access to the full text may require subscription or purchase. (more) Deadline: Friday, November 11, 2005 Publication Month: November 2005	Nov 11, 2005
	Kava, Ruth	Low-Fact Diet: The Acrylamide Case This article describes the importance of effective communication to the public's perception of risk. It uses the recent findings on the presence of acrylamide in foods as an example of how study results may be prematurely reported as hard facts, causing high levels of what may be unfounded concern in the public sector. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, June 20, 2002	Sep 10, 2002
		Methylmercury in Fish - Summary of Key Findings from Focus Groups about the Methylmercury Advisory Summary report of findings from focus groups with pregnant women and women of childbearing age regarding the FDA/EPA advisory on mercury in fish and shellfish. (more) Publication Month: March 2005	Mar 25, 2005
	Research Triangle Institute	PR/HACCP Rule Evaluation Report: Thermometer Usage Messages and Delivery Mechanisms for Parents of Young Children Report of a focus group study on parents of young children regarding the FSIS Thermy™ meat thermometer campaign. The study examined the effectiveness of providing Thermy™ materials at altering consumer behavior, evaluated the materials themselves, and examined effective delivery mechanisms for Thermy™ materials. It includes data on food thermometer usage after receiving educational materials with and without a thermometer. (more) Publication Date: Friday, March 1, 2002	Aug 8, 2002
	Cohen, Joshua T., et al.	A Quantitative Risk-Benefit Analysis of Changes in Population Fish Consumption Report of a study to quantify health impacts of shifts in fish consumption as a result of advisories regarding modification of fish intake in certain populations. Access to the full text may require subscription or purchase. (more) Deadline: Friday, November 11, 2005 Publication Month: November 2005	Nov 11, 2005
	Ralston, Katherine L.; Lin, C.T. Jordan	Safe Handling Labels for Meat and Poultry: A Case Study in Information Policy This document reviews the economics behind the FSIS requirement of safe handling labels for raw meat and poultry, and provides a summary of data on the success of the regulation. Data is given on consumer behavior change based on the labels, the relationship between safe food practices and seeing the label, the relationship between risk perception and seeing the label, the relationship between foodborne illness incident awareness and seeing the label, and more. (more) Publication Year: 2001	Aug 8, 2002
	Derby, Brenda M.; Levy, Alan S.	Working Paper: Effects of Strength of Science Disclaimers on the Communication Impacts of Health Claims Report on an evaluation of schemes for conveying the strength of scientific evidence supporting a health claim. Schemes evaluated use wording and word order or report card grades to convey the strength of the science behind a claim. Questions and answers about this report are provided here. (more) Deadline: Friday, October 14, 2005 Publication Month: September 2005	Oct 14, 2005

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