Objective To assess whether perceptions of the swine flu outbreak predicted changes in
behaviour among members of the public in England, Scotland, and Wales. Design Cross …

COVID-19 has had unprecedented effects on populations around the world. Given the
political context of the pandemic and the nation's response to it, this study sought to assess …

We propose a shift in emphasis when communicating to people when the objective is to
motivate household disaster preparedness actions. This shift is to emphasize the …

Background For many health-related behaviors and outcomes, racial and ethnic disparities
among adolescents are well documented, but less is known about health-related disparities …

Understanding public risk perceptions and their underlying processes is important in order
to learn more about the way people interpret and respond to hazardous emergency events …

In the era of 9/11, terrorist attacks occur with sufficient frequency and lethality to constitute a
realistic threat to the well-being of the American public. Sensing this concern, politicians …

Background Effective influenza pandemic management requires understanding of the
factors influencing behavioral changes. We aim to determine the differences in knowledge …

This paper asks what programmes and policies for preventing violent extremism (also called
'countering violent extremism', or CVE) can learn from the public health violence prevention …

In Angry Public Rhetorics, Celeste Condit explores emotions as motivators and organizers of
collective action—a theory that treats humans as “symbol-using animals” to understand the …

Zentrale Themen der jährlichen Bevölkerungsbefragung zum sicherheits-und
verteidigungspolitischen Meinungsbild sind Sicherheitsgefühl und …