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Health Scares: Doctor, Should I Be Worried?

78 DOCTOR, SHOULD I BE WORRIED? When it comes to health scares, is there a discrepancy between perceptions of healthcare professionals and the general public? What kind of affect do pandemics have on people's daily lives? And how can the media and governments improve their communication about health scares to the general public? Through an internal study of 2,000 members of the general public and 600 General Practitioners in the U.S. and the U.K., Research Now® seeks to find out the answers. LEAD PAINT FOUND ON TOYS ANTHRAX TRANS-FATS 11 (THE CHEMICAL FOUND IN PLASTIC THE BUBONIC PLAGUE BPA PRODUCTS LIKE BOTTLES) SWINE FLU HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY SARS health scares included in the study. MOBILE PHONES (AS A CAUSE OF BRAIN TUMORS) AIDS BIRD FLII I general public I healthcare professionals WHICH SCARES ARE THE SCARIEST? 76% MOST IMPACTFUL CONCERNED 34% of the general public are most concerned with BPA chemicals in plastic of the general public agree that concerns about BPA chemicals affect their daily routine bottles 78% MOST IMPACTFUL 42% CONCERNED of the general public agree that concerns about trans-fats affect their daily routine of healthcare professionals, who are most concerned with lead paint on toys CONFLICTING CONFIDENCES SICK OF ALL THE SICKNESS? of the general public trust the GOVERNMENT to keep them well informed during health scares 18% 10 years since the first of three health scare pandemics included in the of the general public trust the MEDIA to keep them well informed during health scares 34% survey occurred, healthcare professionals agreed that the GOVERNMENT kept them well informed regarding health scares NEWS 21% and still no sign of either the general public or healthcare professionals getting 'sick' of hearing about it. of healthcare professionals agreed that the MEDIA kept them well informed regarding health scares 19% THE WHO AND THE WHAT 1000 300 1000 people who participated | people who participated from the U.S. from the U.K. 1000 300 300 General Practitioners who participated from the U.S. General Practitioners who participated from the U.K. © 2014 Research Now, Inc. All rights reserved

Health Scares: Doctor, Should I Be Worried?

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Research Now conducted an internal study with 2,000 members of the general public and 600 General Practitioners in the U.S. and the U.K. We found out the health scares that most concerning to the pub...

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