Communicating Risk in Health Information

Welcome

Thank you for taking part in the PIF survey on clearly communicating risk in health information.

PIF will be presenting a poster at the 2016 Health Literacy Conference in Glasgow on 18 March on the development of our best practice in communicating risk.

To contribute to the poster and our work in this area, we would like to ask information producers about how you communicate risk, how useful our best practice is, and what other resources or activities would support your work in this area.

The survey should take no more than 5 minutes to complete. We will publish to results and link to the poster - which will include data from this survey - in March.

We will also use the results to inform our activities around supporting the clear communication of risk in health information.

Thank you for your time!

PIF

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* 1. Do you communicate risk in the health information you produce?

Yes

Not sure

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* 2. How clearly do you feel you communicate risk information in your / your organisation's health information?

Very clearly

Somewhat clearly

Not very clearly

Not at all clearly

Very clearly

Somewhat clearly

Not very clearly

Not at all clearly

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* 3. If there is one thing you would like to do differently to improve your approach to communicating risk information, please tell us what this:

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* 4. Do you test how clearly your service users or patients understand your communication of risk information?

Yes

To some degree

Not all

If you would like to comment further please use the space below:

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* 5. In March 2015 PIF launched a series of best practice statements for how to communicate risk clearly. You can find out more here.

Have you used or referred to these statements to help you produce health information?

Yes

Not sure

Other (please specify)

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* 6. If you have used the PIF best practice, did you find the statements a useful support for your work?

Yes

To some degree

If you would like to comment further please use the space below:

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* 7. What could we do to make the best practice more useful to you or your organisation?

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* 8. Below are the best practice statements on communicating risk that PIF developed. Please tell us whether your health information follows these statements.

	Yes	To some degree	Not yet but it will in the future	Not at all
If using verbal descriptors of risk (rare, common) ensure they are accompanied by statistical information	If using verbal descriptors of risk (rare, common) ensure they are accompanied by statistical information Yes	If using verbal descriptors of risk (rare, common) ensure they are accompanied by statistical information To some degree	If using verbal descriptors of risk (rare, common) ensure they are accompanied by statistical information Not yet but it will in the future	If using verbal descriptors of risk (rare, common) ensure they are accompanied by statistical information Not at all
Use absolute risk rather than relative risk	Use absolute risk rather than relative risk Yes	Use absolute risk rather than relative risk To some degree	Use absolute risk rather than relative risk Not yet but it will in the future	Use absolute risk rather than relative risk Not at all
Use natural numbers rather than percentages	Use natural numbers rather than percentages Yes	Use natural numbers rather than percentages To some degree	Use natural numbers rather than percentages Not yet but it will in the future	Use natural numbers rather than percentages Not at all
Use both positive and negative framing for risk	Use both positive and negative framing for risk Yes	Use both positive and negative framing for risk To some degree	Use both positive and negative framing for risk Not yet but it will in the future	Use both positive and negative framing for risk Not at all
Communicate the uncertainty of data	Communicate the uncertainty of data Yes	Communicate the uncertainty of data To some degree	Communicate the uncertainty of data Not yet but it will in the future	Communicate the uncertainty of data Not at all
Use a mix of numerical and pictorial formats to communicate risk	Use a mix of numerical and pictorial formats to communicate risk Yes	Use a mix of numerical and pictorial formats to communicate risk To some degree	Use a mix of numerical and pictorial formats to communicate risk Not yet but it will in the future	Use a mix of numerical and pictorial formats to communicate risk Not at all
Make risks relevant to your audience	Make risks relevant to your audience Yes	Make risks relevant to your audience To some degree	Make risks relevant to your audience Not yet but it will in the future	Make risks relevant to your audience Not at all

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* 9. Have you changed the way you communicate risk information as a result of the PIF best practice statements?

Yes

To some degree

No but I plan to

Not at all

If you would like to comment further please use the space below:

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* 10. What else could PIF do to support you to clearly communicate risk in your health information?

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* 1. Do you communicate risk in the health information you produce?

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* 2. How clearly do you feel you communicate risk information in your / your organisation's health information?

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* 3. If there is one thing you would like to do differently to improve your approach to communicating risk information, please tell us what this:

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* 4. Do you test how clearly your service users or patients understand your communication of risk information?

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* 5. In March 2015 PIF launched a series of best practice statements for how to communicate risk clearly. You can find out more here.Have you used or referred to these statements to help you produce health information?

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* 6. If you have used the PIF best practice, did you find the statements a useful support for your work?

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* 7. What could we do to make the best practice more useful to you or your organisation?

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* 8. Below are the best practice statements on communicating risk that PIF developed. Please tell us whether your health information follows these statements.

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* 9. Have you changed the way you communicate risk information as a result of the PIF best practice statements?

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* 10. What else could PIF do to support you to clearly communicate risk in your health information?

* 5. In March 2015 PIF launched a series of best practice statements for how to communicate risk clearly. You can find out more here.

Have you used or referred to these statements to help you produce health information?