The Public Participation in Communication with Experts in Processes
of Risk Assessment and Risk Management
Adámik J., Rosová V., Voleková J.
Vojenský ústav hygieny a epidemiológie, Bratislava, riaditeľ plk. MUDr. Ivan Šavrda Kabinet sociálnej a biologickej komunikácie, Slovenská akadémia vied, Bratislava, riaditeľ PhDr. Gabriel Bianchi, CSc. Ústav hygieny Lekárskej fakulty Univerzity Komenského, Bratislava,prednostka prof. MUDr. Ľubica Ághová, CSc. |
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Summary:
The approaches to the identification of exposure assessments and exposure
evaluations are bases for various expert elaborate options of risk management.
With regard to all points of risk assessment and risk management general public
would participate itself on behalf of inhabitants for those the notion „stakeholders“
has been naturalized in literature. „Stakeholders“ have to be selected
inhabitants of those groups of population, that are territorially or substantially
justified of corresponding evaluated and managed risk processes, who also have
been willing and are able to cooperate voluntary with experts at all points of risk
assessment and risk management. „Stakeholders“ could be the contribution for
acceptance of an optimal approach to the risk management. The approach of
„stakeholders“ result from their personal involvement in relevant areas of risk
impacts and from perceptions of subjective risks, it has to be derived from the
essential regarded hazard as the source of perceived risks. Expected results of the
consideration of „stakeholders“ are common recommendations in advantage of the optimal approach of risk management submitted by experts. The complexity
of topics environmental or health risk assessment has been usually solved by the
approach of the risk assessment: a) by the assessment of hazardous exposure
factors, b) by the assessment of dose – effects relationship, and c) by the risk
characterization development. Presented topics need to be considered by experts
and the experts must have the special records for riskmanagement and decisions.
Exactly the controlled communication between „stakeholders“ and experts could
be the contribution in the consideration of options in the approach to control
complex, social, and environmental threats.
Key words:
risk - risk factor - hazard - risk assessment - environmental risk - health
risk - risk management - communication of risk - „stakeholders“
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