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 are most concerning to the public and the stats behind them.TRANSCRIPT
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.
THE WHO AND THE WHAT
WHICH SCARES ARE THE SCARIEST?
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300
people who participated from the U.S.
people who participated from the U.K.
General Practitioners who participated from the U.S.
General Practitioners who participated from the U.K.
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health scares included in the
study.
of the general public are most concerned with BPA chemicals in plastic bottles
of healthcare professionals, who are most concerned with lead paint on toys
of the general public agree that concerns about trans-fats affect their daily routine
of the general public agree that concerns about BPA chemicals affect their daily routine
CONFLICTING CONFIDENCES SICK OF ALL THE SICKNESS?
of the general public trust the MEDIA to keep them well informed during health scares
healthcare professionals agreed that the GOVERNMENT kept them well informed regarding health scares
of healthcare professionals agreed that the MEDIA kept them well informed regarding health scares
of the general public trust the GOVERNMENT to keep them well informed during health scares16%
MOST IMPACTFUL
MOST IMPACTFULCONCERNED
CONCERNED
general public healthcare professionals
10 years since the first of three health scare pandemics included in the survey occurred,
and still no sign of either the general public or healthcare professionals getting ‘sick’ of
hearing about it.
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