Risk Perception Papers and Documents

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Fischhoff, Baruch; Downs, Julie S.	Communicating Foodborne Disease Risk Article discusses risk communication and risk perception as related to foodborne disease risk. Publication Month: October 1997	Aug 31, 2001
	Coleman, Robert J.	Communicating Risk to Consumers Address given at the Interim Scientific Advisory Forum in Brussels, Belgium on October 30, 2001. This talk addresses the importance of risk communication in ensuring consumer confidence in the food supply, and outlines guidelines for risk communication. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, October 30, 2001	Aug 12, 2002
	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
	UMR Research	Food Safety and the New Zealand Public: a 2005 Quantitative Study Report of a survey study of consumers' views on food safety issues in New Zealand. Deadline: Saturday, August 13, 2005 Publication Month: May 2005	Aug 13, 2005
	European Union Risk Analysis Information Network	Food Safety Risk Communication - The Message & Motivational Strategies Proceedings and report from this conference held in Gothenburg, Sweden from May 19-20, 2005. Topics covered at this conference included risk perception, consumer trust, consumer knowledge and education, food safety risk communication in the food processing environment, and food safety risk communication in the future. (more) Event Dates: Thursday, May 19, 2005 - Friday, May 20, 2005 Publication Month: May 2005	May 2, 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
	Division of Health Education, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	Primer on Health Risk Communication Principles and Practices This primer discusses principles and approaches for health risk communication.	May 29, 2002
	Ropeik, David; Slovic, Paul	Risk Communication: A Neglected Tool in Protecting Public Health This article discusses risk communication issues, including risk perception factors, the implications to public health, and the importance of effective risk communication. (more) Publication Month: June 2003	Jun 11, 2003
	Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	Risk Communication: Working with Individuals and Communities to Weigh the Odds Guidelines for risk communication in communities. Publication Month: February 1995	Aug 31, 2001
		Risk: Challenges, Research and Social Implications Papers in this issue address topics related to risk. Papers include "The risks of eating and drinking"/Wilkinson, Susan B.T., Rowe, Gene, and Lambert, Nigel; "The real and perceived risks of genetically modified organisms"/Torgersen, Helge; "Hormesis: a revolution in toxicology, risk assessment and medicine"/Calabrese, Edward J.; "Science in a political environment"/Weingart, Peter; "When even the 'best-laid' plans go wrong"/McComas, Katherine; and more. (more) Publication Month: October 2004	Nov 2, 2004
	Smith, Nick	Seeds of Opportunity: an Assessment of the Benefits, Safety, and Oversight of Plant Genomics and Agricultural Biotechnology Informational report that summarizes findings from three hearings of the Subcommittee on Basic Research held during the First Session of the 106th Congress. Includes discussion of the oversight of agricultural biotechnology, benefits and risks, regulation, and more. Appendices include "List of Findings and Recommendations" and more. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, April 13, 2000	Nov 15, 2004
		Special Issue: Controversies Over the Adoption of Genetically Modified Organisms This special issue of the Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization includes the following articles: "Controversies Over the Adoption of Genetically Modified Organisms: An Overview of the Special Issue"/Schmitz, Andrew; "GMOs: Prospects for Productivity Increases in Developing Countries"/Evenson, Robert E.; "Agricultural Biotechnology: Productivity, Biodiversity, and Intellectual Property Rights"/Zilberman, David; Ameden, Holly; Graff, Gregory; Qaim, Matin; "Europe's Regulation of Agricultural Biotechnology: Precaution or Trade Distortion?"/Sheldon, Ian; "Genetically Modified Food Standards as Trade Barriers: Harmonization, Compromise, and Sub-Global Agreements"/Tothova, Monika and Oehmke, James F.; "Did StarLink Reduce Import Demand for Corn?"/Schmitz, Troy G; Schmitz, Andrew; Moss, Charles B.; "Genetically Modified Organisms: Rights to Use Commodity Names and the Lemons Problem"/Gray, Richard; Moss, Charles B.; Schmitz, Andrew; "Consumer's Resistance to Genetically Modified Foods: The Role of Information in an Uncertain Environment"/Huffman, Wallace E.; Rousu, Matthew; Shogren, Jason F.; Tegene, Abebayehu; "Effects of Information on Consumers' Willingness to Pay for GM-Corn-Fed Beef"/Li, Quan; McCluskey, Jill J.; Wahl, Thomas I. Access to the full text of the articles may require subscription. (more) Publication Year: 2004	May 17, 2004
	Food Safety Department, World Health Organization	WHO Study on Modern Food Biotechnology, Human Health and Development Review of information related to the effects of food biotechnology on human health and development. Includes discussion of use, research and development, risk and safety assessment, capacity building, food security issues, and social and ethical concerns such as public perception, labeling, and consumer choice. A questionnaire that was completed by stakeholders is available to view. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, June 23, 2005	Aug 21, 2002

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