Environmental Health Risk Perception: Adaptation of a Population-Based Questionnaire from Latin America.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Environmental risk assessments and interventions to mitigate environmental risks are essential to protect public health. While the objective measurement of environmental hazards is important, it is also critical to address the subjective perception of health risks. A population's perception of environmental health hazards is a powerful driving force for action and engagement in safety and health behaviors and can also inform the development of effective and more sustainable environmental health policies. To date, no instruments are available to assess risk perception of environmental health hazards in South America even though there are many concerning issues in the region, including mining.

Objective

We aimed to adapt and validate an environmental health risk per

SUBMITTER: Cortes S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8394931 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature