• Realist approach
• Social constructionist approach

Approaches that Inform Risk Communication

strategized information exchange with the goal of promoting healthy behavior among the public

University of California, Berkeley

 • The article addresses how the social, economic, and political contexts people live in affect how they receive information from officials and interpret and act on that information


COVID-19 health information and misinformation in the context of growing inequalities in Lebanon 


Makhoul, Jihad, et al. “Analyzing the Social Context of Health Information and Misinformation during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case of Emerging Inequities in Lebanon.” Global Health Promotion, vol. 28, no. 1, 2021, pp. 33–41., https://doi.org/10.1177/1757975920984178. 

Analyzing the social context of health information and misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic: a case of emerging inequities in Lebanon

 •  collectivist nature of society

•  socioeconomic conditions

 •  a history of state/government failures

 •  general mistrust in the national health system.


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