Assessment and Communication of Risk: A Pocket Text for Health and Safety Professionals

This book is a comprehensive pocket text on risk assessment for students and professionals in all health and safety fields, providing a practical resource for estimating risks and assisting with the design of larger project-based assessments. It explains the two main numeric procedures, probabilistic and quantitative, and qualitative risk assessment, and examines how people perceive risk. Numerous case studies are analyzed.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 250 pages
Publication date: 25 July 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

Risk assessment and risk-based decision-making are crucial skills in today's health and safety fields, yet a convenient pocket or desk reference with sufficient theory to initiate a preliminary risk assessment, along with clear explanations, applications, and worked examples, has been desperately needed. This book fills that gap. It serves as a practical resource for estimating risks in various applications and aids in the design of more comprehensive project-based assessments. The book explains the two primary numeric procedures: probabilistic, or "catastrophic," and quantitative, or "chronic," risk assessment, along with chapters on qualitative risk assessment and approaches to food-related risks. A final chapter examines how people perceive risk and offers advice and assistance in developing essential and effective risk communication with the public and the media. Numerous case studies are analyzed.

Assessment and Communication of Risk: A Pocket Text for Health and Safety Professionals is a comprehensive resource for students in all health and safety fields, and it provides invaluable guidance for existing field practitioners in public health, occupational health and safety, hospitals, environmental assessment offices, and ministries of health, labor, and the environment.

Weight: 314g
Dimension: 127 x 203 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031289040
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023