Public-health communication should be more transparent

Mícheál Barra and Rebecca C. H. Brown ()
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Mícheál Barra: Centre for Culture and Evolution, Brunel University London
Rebecca C. H. Brown: Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford

Nature Human Behaviour, 2023, vol. 7, issue 5, 662-664

Abstract: An analysis of 2,500 public-health claims reveals that organizations rarely communicate uncertainties around the benefits of behavioural change. To be ethical, public-health communication should be accurate and transparent.

Date: 2023
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