Health and information
in Chernobyl contaminated regions
A synthesis on health aspects in GERIRAD project
by Denise Adler, University of Geneva
Overview
The health of the population still living in Chernobyl contaminated regions remains a matter of both controversies and concerns. WHO, in collaboration with local and international medical teams, deals with scientific uncertainties and data collection. His activity aims to constitute a basis for further decision making. Closer to the concerned people, Red-Cross groups and UNESCO centres work to bring them medical, practical and psycho-social help. However lay people's difficulties to understand the specific issues related to health and radiation protection constitute an obstacle to manage the situation in collaboration with concerned persons. This synthesis will focus on the way in which the population in contaminated regions can integrate information concerning health and radioactive contamination, paying attention to their life conditions and to the conceptual frame.
Table of Contents
Sources
Outcomes
Global health situation
Perception of health topics by people and healthcare providers
in contaminated region
Health and responsibility
Perception of personal health status and projection into the future
Popular models to understand health effects of radioactivity
Discussion
The side effects of epidemic metaphors
Health implications of contamination zoning
Perspective for health education
Acknowledgement
List of llustrations
- without illustrations ( 24 K)
- with illustrations.