Policy and practice COMMUNICATION PLANS IN CONTAMINATED AREAS AS PREVENTION TOOLS FOR INFORMED POLICY
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Introduction: Communicating about environmental health is an important commitment for the scientific community involved in studying contaminated sites. In the last decade, international and national organizations in the WHO European Region have proposed theoretical approaches and practices for adopting effective communication strategies in contaminated areas. Methods: The aim of this paper is to propose communication plans as a tool for fostering midand long-term prevention actions in local contexts affected by natural and man-made contamination from industrial and agricultural production and waste management. Sharing responsibilities for strengthening social capacity building requires the effective commitment of relevant stakeholders in the communication process: experiences in two contaminated areas in Italy are presented
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