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Leveraging risk communication science across US federal agencies

Nature Human Behaviour volume 5, pages 411–413 (2021)Cite this article

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Many US federal agencies apply principles from risk communication science across a wide variety of hazards. In so doing, they identify key research and practice gaps that, if addressed, could help better serve the nation’s communities and greatly enhance practice, research, and policy development.

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  1. Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA

    William M. P. Klein & Alycia K. Boutté

  2. National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Heather Brake

  3. US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Administrator, Washington, D.C., USA

    Madeline Beal

  4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Katherine Lyon-Daniel

  5. US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Washington, D.C., USA

    Emily Eisenhauer

  6. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA

    Monica Grasso

  7. Office of Research and Development, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

    Bryan Hubbell

  8. US Geological Survey, Energy and Minerals Mission Area, Denver, CO, USA

    Karen E. Jenni

  9. Performance, Risk and Social Science Office, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA

    Christopher J. Lauer

  10. National Science Foundation, Alexandria, VA, USA

    Arthur W. Lupia

  11. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Arthur W. Lupia

  12. National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Christine E. Prue

  13. Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Office of Communications, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA

    Paula Rausch

  14. US Geological Survey, Science and Decisions Center, Reston, VA, USA

    Carl D. Shapiro

  15. Performance, Risk and Social Science Office, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA

    Michael D. Smith

  16. Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

    William T. Riley

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Klein, W.M.P., Boutté, A.K., Brake, H. et al. Leveraging risk communication science across US federal agencies. Nat Hum Behav 5, 411–413 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01081-0

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