February 24, 2019, Publications By Hanscom, Donald H., Jr.

Public Health Emergency Risk Communication and Social Media Reactions to an Errant Warning of a Ballistic Missile Threat — Hawaii, January 2018

This study addresses how social media can be an effective tool to send urgent messages during a public health emergency. According to the study, public health practitioners need to improve messaging during emergency risk communications to address the public’s needs during each phase of an… Read More

February 18, 2019, Publications By Hanscom, Donald H., Jr.

Hanford Site Emergency Public Information Case Study

From October 2017 through March 2018, researchers from Argonne National Laboratory’s Public Affairs Science and Technology (PAST) Fusion Cell conducted a case study on a tunnel collapse that occurred May 9, 2017, at the Hanford Site, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) facility near Richland,… Read More