scholarly journals Public Risk Perceptions of Handgun Use in the United States

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 124-133
Author(s):  
Jenna Tyler ◽  
Abdul-Akeem Sadiq
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Risk

Public Risk Perceptions and the Preferences of Policy Makers

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Vogel
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
The United States ◽  
Historical Overview ◽  
Risk Regulation ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Health Safety ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Public Risk ◽  
Public Concerns

This chapter explores changes in public opinion regarding the transatlantic politics of risk regulation, as well as the preferences of influential policy makers. Both separately and by their interaction with one another, they have had a critical impact on shaping the divergence in transatlantic regulatory stringency. The chapter presents a broad historical overview of changes in public demands for more stringent risk regulations and the willingness of policy makers to address them. During the second half of the 1980s, the extent and intensity of public concerns about a wide range of health, safety, and environmental risks increased substantially on both sides of the Atlantic. These concerns played a role in a major expansion of consumer and environmental regulation in both the EU and the United States.

Food Safety and Agriculture

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Vogel
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Production Methods ◽  
Safety Regulations ◽  
Safety Risks ◽  
Public Risk ◽  
The 1960S

This chapter focuses on European and American policies toward the risks of food safety and agricultural production methods. A number of food safety regulations were affected by a divergence in transatlantic public risk perceptions. During the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, public concerns about the risks of carcinogens in the food supply were greater in the United States than in Europe, while during the 1980s, the safety risks of beef hormones became highly salient in Europe, but not in the United States. In addition, the criteria used by policy makers in both the United States and Europe to assess and manage risks shifted: American regulatory officials placed increased reliance on scientific risk assessments, while European policy makers began to employ a more precautionary approach to food safety risks.

scholarly journals Perceived Risk of Mosquito-Borne Arboviruses in the Continental United States

Pathogens ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1562
Author(s):  
Saul Lozano ◽  
Jonathan Day ◽  
Lilyana Ortega ◽  
Maggie Silver ◽  
Roxanne Connelly
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Risk Perception ◽  
Vector Control ◽  
News Media ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
The United States ◽  
Transmission Risk ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Use Of Resources

The United States experienced local transmission of West Nile Virus (WNV) for the first time in 1999, and Zika Virus (ZIKV) in 2016. These introductions captured the public’s attention in varying degrees. The research presented here analyzes the disproportional perception of ZIKV risk compared to WNV transmission risk, by the public and vector control personnel. The risk perception of vector control was measured through purposive sampled interviews (24 interviews in 13 states; May 2020–June 2021), while the public’s perception was estimated from news publications (January 2000–December 2020), and Google searches (January 2004–December 2020). Over time, we observed a decrease in the frequency of press reporting and Google searches of both viruses with decreasing annual peaks in the summer. The highest peak of ZIKV news, and searches, surpassed that of WNV. We observed clear differences in the contents of the headlines for both viruses. We propose that the main reason in risk perception differences between the viruses were psychological. Zika infections (mosquito-borne and sexually transmitted) can result in devastating symptoms in fetuses and newborns, observations that frequently appeared in ZIKV-related headlines. Our results highlight the likely influence the news media has on risk perception and the need for public health agencies to play active roles in the conversation, helping disseminate timely and accurate information. Understanding the factors that shape risk perceptions of vector-borne diseases will hopefully lead to better use of resources by providing better guidance.

scholarly journals Rapid increase in the prevalence of cannabis use among people with depression in the United States, 2005–17: the role of differentially changing risk perceptions

Addiction ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 115 (5) ◽  
pp. 935-943 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren R. Pacek ◽  
Andrea H. Weinberger ◽  
Jiaqi Zhu ◽  
Renee D. Goodwin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cannabis Use

scholarly journals Predictors of genetic beliefs toward cancer risk perceptions among adults in the United States: Implications for prevention or early detection

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 494-504
Author(s):  
Lawrence P. McKinney ◽  
Gemechu B. Gerbi ◽  
Lee S. Caplan ◽  
Mechelle D. Claridy ◽  
Brian M. Rivers
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Cancer Risk ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cancer Risk Perceptions

Incorporating Social Sciences in Public Risk Assessment and Risk Management Organisations

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cécile Wendling
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
United States ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
The United States ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Public Risk ◽  
The Uk

The objective of the article is to analyse the use of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) in public risk assessment and risk management organisations in France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, Canada and the United States based on more than a hundred interviews conducted with social sciences experts employed by or working for these organisations. If the added value brought by the integration of social scientists is recognised, the use of social sciences differs from one organisation to another. The article compares the different positions given to social scientists inside and outside the organisation, the various methods used and the different contents produced. The survey highlights a set of initiatives that are scattered, differentiated and ultimately have little in common – except that they often play a marginal role in the main activities of the agencies concerned.

Understanding evacuation preferences and wildfire mitigations among Northwest Montana residents

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Travis Paveglio ◽  
Tony Prato ◽  
Douglas Dalenberg ◽  
Tyron Venn
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
At Risk ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
The United States ◽  
Vegetation Management ◽  
Fuel Reduction ◽  
Insufficient Information ◽  
Management Behaviour ◽  
Populations At Risk ◽  
Part Time

There is currently insufficient information in the United States about residents’ planned evacuation actions during wildfire events, including any intent to remain at or near home during fire events. This is incompatible with growing evidence that select populations at risk from wildfire are considering alternatives to evacuation. This study explores the evacuation preferences of wildland–urban interface residents in Flathead County, Montana, USA. We compare the performance of wildfire mitigation and fuel reduction actions across groups of residents with different primary evacuation preferences. We also explore what factors (e.g. actions, demographics, attitudes towards government, risk perceptions) help explain residents’ preferences for evacuation. Results suggest that relatively high proportions of residents are interested in staying and defending their homes, with smaller proportions favouring evacuation or passively sheltering in their homes during wildfire. Vegetation management behaviour differs significantly among residents with different evacuation preferences, including significantly higher rates of forest thinning among those intending to remain at home and actively defend their residence. Other results suggest that sex, part-time residency, income and attitudes towards loss from fire are statistically associated with differences in evacuation preferences.

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