Assessing air quality index awareness and use in Mexico City.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The Mexico City Metropolitan Area has an expansive urban population and a long history of air quality management challenges. Poor air quality has been associated with adverse pulmonary and cardiac health effects, particularly among susceptible populations with underlying disease. In addition to reducing pollution concentrations, risk communication efforts that inform behavior modification have the potential to reduce public health burdens associated with air pollution. METHODS:This study investigates the utilization of Mexico's IMECA risk communication index to inform air pollution avoidance behavior among the general population living in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area. Individuals were selected via probability sampling and surveyed by phone about their air quality index know

SUBMITTER: Borbet TC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5913808 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature