enHealth guidance – Risk communication assessment tool (RCAT) and accompanying interactive tool (RCATi)

This document supports and should be used with the enHealth guidance – Risk communication principles. It helps people with environmental public health responsibility to identify the approach to risk communication for situations potentially impacting the community, especially where outrage may occur.

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RCAT

This document supports and should be used with the enHealth guidance – Risk communication principles.

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RCATi

RCATi is an interactive version of the RCAT. It allows users to input the characteristics of the issue, then applies a simple formula to indicate the type of outrage likely to be encountered.

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Publication type:

Guideline

Published:

1 October 2024

Description:

This document supports and should be used with the enHealth guidance – Risk communication principles.

RCATi is an interactive version of the RCAT. It allows users to input the characteristics of the issue, then applies a simple formula to indicate the type of outrage likely to be encountered.

Last updated:

3 December 2025

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enHealth guidance