"During public health emergencies, people need to know what health risks they face, and what actions they can take to protect their health and lives. Accurate information provided early, often, and in languages and channels that people understand, trust and use, enables individuals to make choices and take actions to protect themselves, their families and communities from threatening health hazards." -- Publisher's description.

Effective risk communication is essential to the well-being of any organization and those people who depend on it. Ineffective communication can cost lives, money and reputations. Communicating Risks and Benefits: An Evidence-Based User’s Guide provides the scientific foundations for effective communications. The book authoritatively summarizes the relevant research, draws out its implications for communication design, and provides practical ways to evaluate and improve communications for any decision involving risks and benefits. Topics include the communication of quantitative information and warnings, the roles of emotion and the news media, the effects of age and literacy, and tests of how well communications meet the organization’s goals. The guide will help users in any organization, with any budget, to make the science of their communications as sound as the science that they are communicating.

A resource for public officials on the basic tenets of effective communications generally and on working with the news media specifically. Focuses on providing public officials with a brief orientation and perspective on the media and how they think and work, and on the public as the end-recipient of info.; concise presentations of techniques for responding to and cooperating with the media in conveying info. and delivering messages, before, during, and after a public health crisis; a practical guide to the tools of the trade of media relations and public communications; and strategies and tactics for addressing the probable opportunities and the possible challenges that are likely to arise as a consequence of such communication initiatives. Ill.

Mandated Benefits 2020 Compliance Guide is a comprehensive and practical reference manual that covers key federal regulatory issues which must be addressed by human resources managers, benefits specialists, and company executives in all industries. This comprehensive and practical guide clearly and concisely describes the essential requirements and administrative processes necessary to comply with employment and benefits-related regulations. Mandated Benefits 2020 Compliance Guide includes in-depth coverage of these and other major federal regulations and developments: HIPAA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Wellness Programs: ADA and GINA regulations Mental Health Parity Act, as amended by the 21st Century Cures Act Reporting Requirements with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission AAPs: final rules Pay Transparency Act Mandated Benefits 2020 Compliance Guide helps take the guesswork out of managing employee benefits and human resources by clearly and concisely describing the essential requirements and administrative processes necessary to comply with each regulation. It offers suggestions for protecting employers against the most common litigation threats and recommendations for handling various types of employee problems. Throughout the Guide are numerous exhibits, useful checklists and forms, and do's and don'ts. A list of HR audit questions at the beginning of each chapter serves as an aid in evaluating your company's level of regulatory compliance. In addition, Mandated Benefits 2020 Compliance Guide provides the latest information on: Family and Medical Leave Substance Abuse in the Workplace Workplace Health and Safety Recordkeeping and Documentation Integrating ADA, FMLA, Workers' Compensation, and Related Requirements Significant Developments at the EEOC Affirmative Action Plans Retirement Savings Plans and Pensions Pay Practices and Administration Health, Life, and Disability Insurance Managing the Welfare Benefits Package Human Resources Risk Management And much more! Previous Edition: Mandated Benefits 2019 Compliance Guide, ISBN 9781543800449

This book focusses on the identification of communication risks, their causes and effects and the practices to mitigate the risks from both state of the art and state of the practice perspectives. It's like puzzle solving game. According to Casey "Communication is one the biggest issue that cause due to geographical, temporal and socio-cultural distances". At the end of the book authors provide set of recommendations based on the best practices that need to be followed by the globally distributed organizations to achieve communicated environment just like co-located settings.

"This book offers insight into emerging developments in information resources management and how these technologies are shaping the way the world does business, creates policies, and advances organizational practices"--Provided by publisher.

The Textbook of Palliative Care Communication is the authoritative text on communication in palliative care, providing a compilation of international and interdisciplinary perspectives. This volume was uniquely developed by an interdisciplinary editorial team to address an array of providers including physicians, nurses, social workers, and chaplains, and it unites clinicians with academic researchers interested in the study of communication. By featuring practical conversation and curriculum tools stemming from research, this text integrates scholarship and inquiry into translatable content that others can use to improve their practice, teach skills to others, and engage in patient-centered communication. The volume begins by defining communication, explicating debatable issues in research, and highlighting specific approaches to studying communication in a palliative care context. Chapters focus on health literacy and cultural communication, patient and family communication, barriers and approaches to discussing palliative care with specific patient populations, pain, life support, advance care planning, and quality of life topics such as sexuality, spirituality, hope, and grief. Team communication in various care settings is outlined, and current research and education for healthcare professionals are summarized. Unique to this volume are chapters on conducting communication research, both qualitatively and quantitatively, to promote further research in palliative care.