Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Science Forum EMF, Anna-Louisa-Karsch-Str. 2, 10178, Berlin, Germany.
Sci Total Environ. 2013 Oct 1;463-464:624-30. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.06.034. Epub 2013 Jul 6.
One of the crucial communication issues that have to be tackled by risk assessors is how to provide a comprehensible and informative characterization of their findings. The CORA framework (CORA stands for credibility of risk assessment) is designed for helping non-experts in judging the credibility of risk assessments. The CORA framework can be used by (1) stakeholders and policy makers, to make an educated judgment about the credibility of an assessment, and (2) the authors of a risk assessment, to improve the evaluability of their reports. The CORA framework consists of 18 criteria, leading to six main recommendations. The framework's application is not limited to (EMF) risk assessment, for which it was originally developed, but can be used in any area of risk or hazard assessment.
风险评估人员必须解决的关键沟通问题之一是如何对他们的发现进行通俗易懂且信息丰富的描述。CORA 框架（CORA 代表风险评估的可信度）旨在帮助非专业人士判断风险评估的可信度。CORA 框架可用于：(1) 利益相关者和政策制定者，对评估的可信度做出明智的判断，以及 (2) 风险评估的作者，提高其报告的可评估性。CORA 框架由 18 项标准组成，得出了 6 项主要建议。该框架的应用不仅限于（电磁场）风险评估，因为它最初是为该评估而开发的，而且可以用于任何风险或危害评估领域。
