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Question
According to Dehghani et al. (2022), Effective communication, accurate information, and analysis of potential risks can play an important role in prevention, risk reduction, and right decision-making. Communication processes and tools, information and communication technologies, as well as mass media, early warning systems, and public education about emergencies are among the key and important measures in managing these events and reducing losses. As a lesson learned from many disasters, risk communication has also been identified as a key factor in planning and responding to emergencies, and coordination and communication in the successful management of disasters has also been emphasised. This situation requires measures such as rescue, providing health services in prehospital and hospital, communicable and noncommunicable diseases, environmental health, family and population health, nutrition, psychosocial support, health education, laboratory services, and drug supply. It is imperative for health managers, as the first decision-makers and respondents, to communicate, answer questions from senior officials, the community, and journalists, and interact effectively with all levels of administration and society. Effective disaster risk communication leads to the right decision-making, increases risk understanding, and improves community engagement and preparedness.