Information for Media and Communication Professionals

Information about Radiological Emergencies and Protective Actions

• Messaging and B-Roll on Dirty Bombs
  
• Q’s and A’s on a Nuclear Detonation

Communication Research

• Formative Research: IND Health Effects Message Testing with the General Public, January 2012
• Formative Research: IND Message Testing with the General Public, March 2011
• Media Message Testing: Detonation of Improvised Nuclear Device, March 2011
• Public Reaction to Information Related to Radiologic Terrorist Threats - Focus Group
• Pre-Event Message Development for Terrorist Incidents Involving Radioactive Materials - Focus Group

• Radiological Emergency Preparedness Communications: Message Testing with Cognitive Interviews - Survey Research

• Roundtable on the Psychosocial Challenges Posed by a Radiological Terrorism Incident - Summary
• Roundtable on Partnering with Meteorologists for Radiological Emergency Preparedness and Response -- Summary
• Roundtable on Hospital Communications in a Mass Casualty Radiological Event - Summary
• Roundtable on the Identification of Emerging Strategies for Hospital Management of Mass Casualties from a Radiological Incident -Summary

Related Links

• Terrorism and Other Public Health Emergencies: A Field Guide for Media (HHS)
• CDCynergy Training on Risk Communication