risk-reduction measures

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• Nepal Risk Reduction Consortium — (NRRC) was launched by the Government of Nepal (GoN) and a group of international organizations working to promote the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) in 2009. It exists to bridge the spectrum of development and… …   Wikipedia

• Absolute risk reduction — In epidemiology, the absolute risk reduction is the decrease in risk of a given activity or treatment in relation to a control activity or treatment. It is the inverse of the number needed to treat. [Laupacis A, Sackett DL, Roberts RS. An… …   Wikipedia

• Relative risk reduction — The relative risk reduction is a measure used in epidemiology. It is calculated by dividing the absolute risk reduction by the control event rate. [cite journal |author=Barratt A, Wyer P, Hatala R, McGinn T, Dans A, Keitz S, Moyer V, For G |title …   Wikipedia

• Risk management — For non business risks, see risk, and the disambiguation page risk analysis Example of risk management: A NASA model showing areas at high risk from impact for the International Space Station. Risk management is the identification, assessment,… …   Wikipedia

• Risk compensation — In ethology, risk compensation is an effect whereby individual people may tend to adjust their behavior in response to perceived changes in risk. It is seen as self evident that individuals will tend to behave in a more cautious manner if their… …   Wikipedia

• Risk aversion — is a concept in psychology, economics, and finance, based on the behavior of humans (especially consumers and investors) while exposed to uncertainty. Risk aversion is the reluctance of a person to accept a bargain with an uncertain payoff rather …   Wikipedia

• Seismic risk — uses the results of a seismic hazard analysis, and includes both consequence and probability. A building located in a region of high seismic hazard is at lower risk if it is built to sound seismic engineering principles. On the other hand, a… …   Wikipedia

• Harm reduction — is a philosophy of public health, intended to be a progressive alternative to the prohibition of certain potentially dangerous lifestyle choices in society. The central idea of harm reduction is the recognition that some people always have and… …   Wikipedia

• Tobacco harm reduction — describes actions taken to lower the health risks associated with using tobacco or nicotine. These measures include:#Switching to Western smokeless tobacco #Switching to non tobacco sources of nicotine #Smoking safer or fewer cigarettes… …   Wikipedia

• Human error assessment and reduction technique — (HEART) is a technique used in the field of human reliability assessment (HRA), for the purposes of evaluating the probability of a human error occurring throughout the completion of a specific task. From such analyses measures can then be taken… …   Wikipedia

• Attributable risk — (AR) = The attributable risk of a disease given an exposure is simply the rate of disease (incidence) in the exposed people minus the rate in the unexposed people. So the attributable risk for lung cancer in smokers is, in essence, simply the… …   Wikipedia