关键词: 风险沟通, 结核病, 疫情处置

Abstract: Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious health threat to China’s population. The TB epidemics in university have attracted increasing public attention. As a key measure of public health emergency response, risk communication aims to narrow the gap of risk perception and to lead establishment of public reason, which will play an important role in TB control in university. Risk communication is the process to exchange information and views among individuals, groups, and school management at all levels, consequently promote confidence building among stakeholders, and ultimately affect the outcome of TB epidemic control. Communication targets should be defined according to the extent to which the epidemic affects, so do the communication frequency and depth. Daily risk communication should be implemented well for the preparation of unexpected TB epidemic. Risk communication in TB emergency response should involve public participation, release of epidemic information in time， monitor public opinions, pay attention to the intensity of information dissemination, launching variety of promotion activities, and balancing between timeliness and accuracy,  scientificalness and popularity of information.

Key words: Risk Communication, Tuberculosis, Emergency response