Table 6.
Website affiliation-based variations in the use of risk communication formats that facilitate comprehension and reduce bias (N = 47)
| Supported Format |
---------------------------- Affiliation ---------------------------- | |||||||
| Government (N = 6) n (%) |
Educational Institution (N = 3) n (%) |
Cancer Center (N = 8) n (%) |
Health Care Industry (N = 12) n (%) |
Advocacy/ Non-profit (N = 6) n (%) |
Health Portal (N = 5) n (%) |
Commercial (N = 3) n (%) |
Other (N = 4) n (%) |
|
| Risk estimate as numbers and wordsa | 1 (16.7) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
1 (8.3) |
0 (0.0) |
1 (20.0) |
0 (0.0) |
2 (50.0) |
| Risk estimate as percent or N in 1000b | 5 (83.3) |
2 (66.7) |
2 (25.0) |
1 (8.3) |
2 (33.3) |
4 (80.0) |
1 (33.3) |
3 (75.5) |
| Absolute and comparative risk information | 5 (83.3) |
2 (66.7) |
1 (12.5) |
1 (8.3) |
1 (16.7) |
2 (40.0) |
1 (33.3) |
1 (25.0) |
| Risk compared to other hazards | 0 (0.0) |
1 (33.3) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
1 (20.0) |
1 (33.3) |
0 (0.0) |
| Positive framing | 2 (33.3) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
1 (20.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
| Duration of risk | 6 (100.0) |
2 (66.7) |
1 (12.5) |
4 (33.3) |
2 (33.3) |
4 (80.0) |
1 (33.3) |
3 (75.0) |
| Safety messages | 5 (83.3) |
2 (66.7) |
7 (87.5) |
12 (100.0) |
4 (66.7) |
2 (40.0) |
3 (100.0) |
4 (100.0) |
| Visual display | 3 (50.0) |
2 (66.7) |
2 (25.0) |
3 (25.0) |
2 (33.3) |
3 (60.0) |
2 (66.7) |
1 (25.0) |
| Any acknowledgment of uncertainty | 6 (100.0) |
2 (66.7) |
2 (25.0) |
6 (50.0) |
2 (33.3) |
3 (60.0) |
1 (33.3) |
3 (75.0) |
aPercentages are the percent of websites within a given affiliation that contain a particular element (eg, 1 of 6 websites affiliated with government agencies provided risk estimates as numbers and words).
bIncludes websites that provided risk as numbers only and as numbers and words.