Reading Time: 3 minutes The vaccine doesn’t fully protect from the flu – it’s one of many strategies, like frequent hand washing, adequate rest and a balanced diet
Author: Michelle Driedger
Michelle Driedger is a Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences and a proud member of the Manitoba Metis nation. A health geographer by training, her broad areas of research interests include public and health risk communication, risk perception, and knowledge translation under conditions of uncertainty. Drawing primarily on qualitative methods, her research focus involves the study of how new and emerging risk and public health controversies develop in science, policy and public forums. She is particularly interested in how public health risk communicators can meaningfully engage public audiences to enable informed decisions about risk recommendations including protective behaviours that can be adopted for themselves and their family.