Risk communication and the willingness to follow evacuation instructions in a natural disaster

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-99

  Rød, Sverre Kjetil ^a,b   Botan, Carl ^c   Holen, Are ^a,d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b VOLDA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

crisis communication; distrust; evacuation instructions; risk; risk assessment; trust; tsunami

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRISIS COMMUNICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATURAL DISASTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRUST;

EID: 84860821835     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2011.641522     Document Type: Article

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