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- Title
CERC as a Theoretical Framework for Research and Practice.
- Authors
Veil, Shari; Reynolds, Barbara; Sellnow, Timothy L.; Seeger, Matthew W.
- Abstract
Health communicators at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have developed an integrated model titled Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication (CERC) as a tool to educate and equip public health professionals for the expanding communication responsibilities of public health in emergency situations. This essay focuses on CERC as a general theoretical framework for explaining how health communication functions within the contexts of risk and crisis. Specifically, the authors provide an overview of CERC and examine the relationship of risk communication to crisis communication, the role of communication in emergency response, and the theoretical underpinnings of CERC. The article offers an initial set of propositions based on the CERC framework and concludes with a discussion of future directions.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MEDICAL communication; CENTERS for Disease Control &; Prevention (U.S.); HEALTH risk communication; PUBLIC health
- Publication
Health Promotion Practice, 2008, Vol 9, p26S
- ISSN
1524-8399
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1524839908322113