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Mary Brennan
Researcher at Royal Hospital for Sick Children
Publications - 52
Citations - 1963
Mary Brennan is an academic researcher from Royal Hospital for Sick Children. The author has contributed to research in topics: Food safety & Food safety risk analysis. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 50 publications receiving 1640 citations. Previous affiliations of Mary Brennan include Newcastle University & University of Edinburgh.
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Consumer response to novel agri-food technologies: Implications for predicting consumer acceptance of emerging food technologies.
Lynn J. Frewer,Lynn J. Frewer,K. Bergmann,Mary Brennan,René Lion,Ree M. Meertens,Gene Rowe,Michael Siegrist,C M J L Vereijken +8 more
TL;DR: A review of studies of seven food-related technologies associated with different levels of public acceptance suggests that those characterised as being "bioactive" raise particular concerns -related to unpredictable effects, uncontrolled use, and ethical concerns as discussed by the authors.
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The views of scientific experts on how the public conceptualize uncertainty
TL;DR: This article found that scientists still subscribe to the deficit model of science communication, and it is vital that effective mechanisms for communicating about risk uncertainty with the public must be developed as a matter of urgency, particularly as increased transparency in risk management processes means that scientific...
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Public worry about specific food safety issues
TL;DR: In a previous exploratory focus group study as mentioned in this paper, a list of 18 food safety issues was developed for the purpose of the study reported here, with the aim of comparing worry about the different issues and investigating any demographic differences.
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Public preferences for informed choice under conditions of risk uncertainty
TL;DR: In this paper, the general public is unable to conceptualize information about risk uncertainties, and so communication about food risk has tended to avoid this type of information, and it has been assumed that the public is not able to understand the type of risk uncertainties.
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Who is at risk and what do they know? Segmenting a population on their food safety knowledge
TL;DR: O'Riordan et al. as mentioned in this paper found that the majority of the population of Ireland know what they should be doing in their kitchen from a food safety perspective but they are not, in many cases, following the best practice guidelines and regard less than ideal food handling practices as safe.