Module 3: Toxicology - Section 7: Hazard and Risk Communication |
TOX 7.1: Overview |
OBJECTIVES |
By the end of the module you should be familiar with:
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To design a risk communication tool for workers in a chemical factory. The purpose of this exercise is to encourage you to think about the complexity behind communicating risk information (e.g., chemical toxicological hazards) to semi-literate and illiterate populations. What information is important on the MSDS to protect the worker from hazardous chemical exposures? Through what means can you best communicate this information? How can you ensure that your target group will understand this information in order to have the appropriate precautionary behaviours when working with or exposed to hazardous chemicals?
This will be a group exercise. Groups will present their risk communication tool to the class for discussion.
Postgraduate Diploma in Occupational Health (DOH) - Modules 3:
Occupational Medicine & Toxicology (Basic) by Profs Mohamed
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