Risk communication, an essential function of public health, involves the effective and accurate exchange of information about health risk and hazards - often during an emergency - that advances risk awareness and understanding and promotes health - protective behaviors among individuals, communities, and institutions….contemporary public health risk communication principles and practices build upon a foundation of behavioral, health, and social sciences theory and research. Increasingly, risk communication concepts are proving instrumental to pursuits in noncrisis contexts such as health care and health promotion.

Occupational health professionals must contribute to the information for workers on occupational hazards to which they may be exposed in and objective and understandable manner which does not conceal any fact and emphasizes the preventive measures.…. Occupational health professionals must provide appropriate information to the employers, workers and their representatives about the level of scientific certainty or uncertainty of known and suspected occupational hazards at the workplace.