easom - summer school, dresden, 29-31 august 2001 course experiences with course in risk...
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EASOM - Summer School, Dresden, 29-31 August 2001
Course experiences with course in risk communication
Olli PunnonenFinnish Institute of Occupational Health
Occupations (examples) 1999 N=5583>OHS personnel 45>Safety managers, -engineers, -hygienists. 9>Safety representatives 8>Personnel managers and -planners 7>Production , Sales Maintenance Managers 8>Other 25
Share of different occupations attended at FIOH training 1999 (%)
Risk Communication 27.-28.3.2001, Turku "Riskikommunikaatio"
Turku Regional Institute of Occupational Health
Course planning group
Hygienist Physician Psychologist Safety Engineer
Participants in the course
OHS-personnel 3laboratory-foremen 6safety-personnel 8reseachers 2 ______________
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Risk Communication 27.-28.3.2001, Turku"Riskikommunikaatio"
I DAY PROGRAM 10.00 Mind-Map and
Consepts/ approaches in Risk Communication
11.00 Why to take a risk - which elements are influencin in to our behaviour?
13.00 Practical instructions for risk communication
14.00 Understanding written text
16.00 Massmedia and information about risks
II DAY PROGRAM 8.30 How possible is
propable 9.30 Individual
differences in exposures 12.30 How to calculate,
assess and inform on risks - group exercise
15.00 Plan to improve your own company risk communication
15.30 End of the course, own Mind-Map again about risk communication
I DAY PROGRAM
Pre work 10.00 Mind-Map and
Pre work: Describe 1-3 situations, where it is difficult to handle a risks connected to the situation.
Individual work in the beginning of the course: Risk communication - what comes to mind and in which situation/setting - Participants own Mind-Map
I DAY PROGRAM
10.15 Consepts and approaches in Risk Communication
Lecture on basic consepts
Perception-Danger-Risk
Risk assessment - Risk management
Risk behaviour- Acceptable level of risk
I DAY PROGRAM
11.00 Why to take a risk - which elements are influencin to our behaviour?
Lecture on individual and group behaviour and reactions
"Barriers" against rational behaviour
Theories of health behaviour
Inividual reactions - theories, models and explanation chategories
Group behaviour Solution oriented
approach
I DAY PROGRAM
13.00 Practical instructions for risk communication
Lecture: Dialogue approach - focus on the receiver
Risk communication is an essential element in risk management
Risk - danger and exposure Risk evaluation process Challenges: Knowledge,
process and ability of communication (Rowan)
In communication important - Receivers situation: culture, opinion, knowledge
Fair and unfair comparisons of risk
Fair comparisons- same risk during different times- compared to the standardsUnfair comparisons- compare to the costs- compare to the benefit- compare to the other factors causing same illness- compare to smoking, car driving etc.Possible comparisons- risk compared to the situation done nothing- to the same risk in different places
Comparisons
I DAY PROGRAM
14.00 Understanding written text - How we read a statement, news paper, Internet.
Group exercise: 3 groups -each with 3 articles about the same theme. Indoor air and mobile phones.
Same subject, but different sources
Task is to assess a given text 1. Reliability of the information (article etc.) 2. Probability of risk 3. Intelligibility of the information
I DAY PROGRAM
16.00 Massmedia and information about risks
Discussion on how to co-operate with massmedia
II DAY PROGRAM
8.30 How possible is propable
Lecture and discussion on interpretation of probability concepts
Verbal expression, print words, numbers and the relativity of information
AMBIGIOUS VERBAL PROBABILITIESProbability estimates and perceived ambiguity of probability phrases under threedifferent conditions
Group I perceivedambiguity
Expression Mean SD (%)
Impossible .02 .03 90Not possible .03 .o3 81No change .03 .03 87Improbable .08 .06 63........Not likely .13 .10 47........Possible .38 .12 50Perhaps .39 .14 55........Very probable .86 .08 70Certain .92 .09 72
II DAY PROGRAM
9.30 Individual differences in exposures
Lecture from the medical point of view
Individual susceptibility and factors influencin in susceptibility
II DAY PROGRAM
12.30 How to calculate, assess and express or inform on risks
Group exercises (calculation) about risk assessment, acceptability of risk level, and avoidance of risk 1. Cancer risk in bensin filling, 2. Safe pregnancy, 3. Safe filling of nitrogen cask
Discussion on what can be assessed or mathematically solved, how to frame uncertainity and how to live with it
II DAY PROGRAM
15.00 Plan to improve your own company risk communication
Discussion: What can we do in another way - what is ok now in our organisation
End of the course, own Mind-Map again about risk communication
