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Assessing the Effect of Nonvisual Information Factors in Pandemic-Related Video Communication: Randomized Controlled Between-Subjects Experiment
Lungu, Daniel Adrian; Røislien, Jo; Berg, Siv Hilde; Smeets, Ionica; Shortt, Marie Therese; Thune, Henriette; Brønnick, Kolbjørn Kallesten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-08)Background: Videos have been an important medium for providing health and risk communication to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic. Public health officials, health care professionals, and policy makers have used ... -
Creating Effective, Evidence-Based Video Communication of Public Health Science (COVCOM Study): Protocol for a Sequential Mixed Methods Effect Study
Røislien, Jo; Brønnick, Kolbjørn Kallesten; Berg, Siv Hilde; Shortt, Marie Therese; Lungu, Daniel Adrian; Thune, Henriette; Wiig, Siri (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Abstract Background: The nonlinear nature of contagious diseases and the potential for exponential growth can be difficult to grasp for the general public. This has strong implications for public health communication, which ... -
Differences in comprehending and acting on pandemic health risk information: a qualitative study using mental models
Berg, Siv Hilde; Shortt, Marie Therese; Thune, Henriette; Røislien, Jo; O'Hara, Jane K; Lungu, Daniel Adrian; Wiig, Siri (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-07)Abstract Background A worldwide pandemic of a new and unknown virus is characterised by scientific uncertainty. However, despite this uncertainty, health authorities must still communicate complex health risk information ... -
Exploring Health Experts' and Creative Communicators' Focus in Pandemic Video Communication: A Qualitative Study
Shortt, Marie Therese; Berg, Siv Hilde; Wiig, Siri; Lungu, Daniel Adrian; Smeets, Ionica; Thune, Henriette; Røislien, Jo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Pandemic video communication aimed at the general public often lacks creativity and fails to reach large audiences. Yet, the scientific content should not be compromised by attempts to improve the creativity or reach. This ... -
Exponential Growth Bias of Infectious Diseases: Protocol for a Systematic Review
Berg, Siv Hilde; Lungu, Daniel Adrian; Brønnick, Kolbjørn Kallesten; Harthug, Stig; Røislien, Jo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-10)Background: Humans struggle to grasp the extent of exponential growth, which is essential to comprehend the spread of an infectious disease. Exponential growth bias is the tendency to linearize exponential functions when ... -
Health authorities’ health risk communication with the public during pandemics: a rapid scoping review
Berg, Siv Hilde; O’Hara, Jane; Shortt, Marie Therese; Thune, Henriette; Brønnick, Kolbjørn Kallesten; Lungu, Daniel Adrian; Røislien, Jo; Wiig, Siri (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07)Background Responses from the H1N1 swine flu pandemic and the recent COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic provide an opportunity for insight into the role of health authorities’ ways of communicating health risk information to ... -
Key topics in pandemic health risk communication: A qualitative study of expert opinions and knowledge
Berg, Siv Hilde; Shortt, Marie Therese; Røislien, Jo; Lungu, Daniel Adrian; Thune, Henriette; Wiig, Siri (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background Science communication can provide people with more accurate information on pandemic health risks by translating complex scientific topics into language that helps people make more informed choices on how to ... -
Role of Norwegian medical and non-medical services in decreasing life loss due to traffic accidents in the past two decades
Mazaheri, Masoud (Master thesis, 2023)Road fatalities represent a significant global challenge, with low- and middle-income countries bearing a disproportionate burden despite having fewer vehicles. The Norway's success in reducing road fatalities over the ... -
The Role of Recipient Characteristics in Health Video Communication Outcomes: Scoping Review
Lungu, Daniel Adrian; Røislien, Jo; Wiig, Siri; Shortt, Marie Therese; Ferre, Francesca; Berg, Siv Hilde; Thune, Henriette; Brønnick, Kolbjørn Kallesten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background: The importance of effective communication during public health emergencies has been highlighted by the World Health Organization, and it has published guidelines for effective communication in such situations. ... -
Shortcomings in Public Health Authorities’ Videos on COVID-19: Limited Reach and a Creative Gap
Shortt, Marie Therese; Smeets, Ionica; Wiig, Siri; Berg, Siv Hilde; Lungu, Daniel Adrian; Thune, Henriette; Røislien, Jo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Video communication has played a key role in relaying important and complex information on the COVID-19 pandemic to the general public. The aim of the present study is to compare Norwegian health authorities’ and WHO’s use ...