CONTENTS

Volume 8, Number 5
September-October 2003

Vol. 8, Num. 5: Contents | Editorial | Up Front | Abstracts

EDITORIAL (HTML | PDF)

Making Sense of Risk
SCOTT C. RATZAN

UP FRONT (HTML | PDF)

Vital Data

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ARTICLES  abstracts from the print version

Science Communication and the Swedish Acrylamide "Alarm"
RAGNAR E. LÖFSTEDT

Going Public on Acrylamide
DAVID SHARP

Acrylamide: Lessons for Risk Management and Communication
ORTWIN RENN

Messages Influencing College Women's Tanning Bed Use: Statistical versus Narrative Evidence Format and a Self-Assessment to Increase Perceived Susceptibility
KATHRYN GREENE, LAURA S. BRINN

The Influence of Peer versus Adult Communication on AIDS-Protective Behaviors among Ghanaian Youth
R. CAMERON WOLF, JULIE PULERWITZ

Chronic Disease Coverage in Canadian Aboriginal Newspapers
LAURIE HOFFMAN-GOETZ, CHARLENE SHANNON, JUANNE N. CLARKE

A Paid Radio Advertising Campaign to Promote Parent-Child Communication about Alcohol
PAMELA J. SURKAN, WILLIAM DEJONG, KATHLEEN M. HERR-ZAYA, MAYRA RODRIGUEZ-HOWARD, KEVIN FAY

Book Review

Sexual Teens, Sexual Media: Investigating Media’s Influence on Adolescent Sexuality
Jane D.Brown, Jeanne R.Steele, and Kim Walsh-Childers (Eds.) (2002).
Reviewed by Megan R. Dillow, The Pennsylvania State University,USA