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A Study of the Risk Communication on Management Policy of Asbestos Related Stakeholders

석면 이해집단의 위해도 의사소통 방법론에 관한 연구

  • Son, Ji-Hwa (Korea Student Aid Foundation) ;
  • Lee, Chae-Kwan (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University) ;
  • Sim, Sang-Hyo (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Hanyang University Medical Center)
  • 손지화 (한국장학재단) ;
  • 이채관 (인제대학교 부산백병원 직업환경의학과) ;
  • 심상효 (한양대학교병원 직업환경의학과)
  • Received : 2014.01.24
  • Accepted : 2014.03.17
  • Published : 2014.03.31
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Abstract

Objectives: The aim of this study was to suggest preliminary data for the establishment of communication methodology of asbestos risk, fit for the features of each audiences, by grasping the features of risk communication by each element for each group survey. Methods: For this study, a questionnaire survey has been conducted from May to August 2012 and responses of 617 people including 214 school asbestos managers, 95 asbestos business managers, and 308 general public have been analyzed. Results: The feature by element of risk communication shows that to give information through non-governmental organizations with reliability such as colleges, research institutes, asbestos-related associations, etc among the entire investigated groups, is most effective. Lastly, for stakeholders related to asbestos, the public feedback for governmental asbestos management policy shows that it was considered that there is lack of reality due to comprehension deficit for situation, lack of a system of asbestos general management in the country and lack of policy connectivity among the branches of the government, and between the central government and the local government. However, the general public selected lack of various information disclosure, education, publicity for asbestos and lack of communication with citizens as the biggest problems.

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