naa a22 4500 510739326 CHVBK 20180411083022.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12015-012-9407-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12015-012-9407-2 Communicating Risks and Benefits About Ethically Controversial Topics: the Case of Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) Cells [Elektronische Daten] [Holly Longstaff, Michael McDonald, Jennifer Bailey] Many are supportive of approaches that incorporate lay citizens into policy making and risk management decisions. However, a great deal of learning must first take place about how citizen engagement for controversial topics is best accomplished. Online risk communication efforts are increasing in popularity but there is little empirical evidence accrued to demonstrate the effectiveness of such methods. The intention of our overall study is to create a powerful method for in-depth two-way communication with the public and expert communities about complex and sensitive issues at the heart of stem cell (SC) research. The fundamental objective is to raise awareness of SC science with lay citizens by fostering more holistic or "all things considered” ethical judgments. Our risk communication study demonstrates that lay citizens are both interested in, and capable of learning about, complex scientific issues provided the right tools are used to convey information and assess understanding. Our results show that it is worth the time and effort for SC researchers to continue posting podcasts and FAQ's about their work for non-expert communities to view. In addition, despite having increased our participants' risk perceptions about induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell research, almost all were very supportive of this type of research in Canada by the end of the survey. In other words, participants understood that this research did in fact pose some risks and learned a great deal about both the risks and benefits of iPS cell research, and still thought this research was worthwhile to pursue. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2012 Ethics nationallicence Induced pluripotent stem cell research nationallicence iPS cell research nationallicence Risk communication nationallicence Citizen engagement nationallicence Public education nationallicence Longstaff Holly University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada aut McDonald Michael University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada aut Bailey Jennifer University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada aut Stem Cell Reviews and Reports Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 9/4(2013-08-01), 388-396 1550-8943 9:4<388 2013 9 12015 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12015-012-9407-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12015-012-9407-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Longstaff Holly University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- McDonald Michael University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bailey Jennifer University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Stem Cell Reviews and Reports Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 9/4(2013-08-01), 388-396 1550-8943 9:4<388 2013 9 12015 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer