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KMID : 0387320090190030045
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Korean Journal of Health Policy and Administration
2009 Volume.19 No. 3 p.45 ~ p.70
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The Study of Health-Risk Perception: Implications for Health Services Research
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You Myoung-Soon
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Abstract
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Outbreaks of health risks such as the Influenza A virus (H1N1) are continuing, which highlights the immediacy of risk control strategies to reduce public’s fear and protect the safety of the society. Evidence suggests that success for risk management is basically dependent on the public’s willingness to adopt health behaviors recommended by experts, and the behavioral intention relies on their risk perception. Understanding of how individuals think of and feel about health risks is thereby important. This article aims to provide insights for future study on health-risk perception. The main streams and recent developments of theorizing and research on health risk perception are reviewed. The issues, such as (1) health risk perception is an important component for shaping relevant health policies as it reflects public trust of the institutions managing health risks, (2) despite this significance, however, few attempts have been made to address the meaning of ’perceiving health risks’ in health services research, are shed light on. On the basis on the critical discussion of the contributions and the limitations of the literature, this article finishes with a few of research agendas by three levels of analysis in risk perception research.
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KEYWORD
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Risk Perception, Health Risk, Health Services Research
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