{"id":14181,"date":"2023-05-31T15:23:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T07:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipur.nus.edu.sg\/?p=14181"},"modified":"2023-07-18T11:22:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T03:22:19","slug":"helping-the-public-understand-health-risks-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipur.nus.edu.sg\/helping-the-public-understand-health-risks-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping the public understand health risks better"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14181\" class=\"elementor elementor-14181\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-98f6e21 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"98f6e21\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6235dff\" data-id=\"6235dff\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c92c15c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c92c15c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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On 4 July, IPUR held one such interactive workshop on &#8220;health risk perception gaps&#8221; featuring a facilitated discussion with participants working in a range of professional roles within the health sector including physicians, nurses, and academics. In the hour-long workshop, they discussed the big question on what some of the top neglected health risks in Singapore are and how resources could be directed to help the public understand health risks better.<\/p><p>The workshop aimed to:<\/p><ul data-editing-info=\"{&quot;orderedStyleType&quot;:1,&quot;unorderedStyleType&quot;:1}\"><li>To understand how healthcare professionals in Singapore perceive a range of health risks<\/li><li>To identify which risks they believe should be given more attention<\/li><li>To ascertain how they perceive the general public\u2019s attitudes towards health risks<\/li><\/ul><p>Find out more about <a href=\"https:\/\/ipur.nus.edu.sg\/research\/research-on-risk-perceptions-fundamentals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Wavelength<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IPUR team with health experts during the workshop on 4 July. 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