Emergency Risk Communication: Lessons Learned from a Rapid Review of Recent Gray Literature on Ebola, Zika, and Yellow Fever

Health Communication

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 437-455

  Toppenberg Pejcic, Deborah ^a   Noyes, Jane ^a,b   Allen, Tomas ^a   Alexander, Nyka ^a   Vanderford, Marsha ^a   Gamhewage, Gaya ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

community engagement; Emergency risk communication; gray literature; LMIC; review; social media

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EMERGENCY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; YELLOW FEVER; ZIKA FEVER;

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCIES; GRAY LITERATURE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL MEDIA; YELLOW FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85044248925     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: 15327027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2017.1405488     Document Type: Article

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