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Perception of worry of harm from air pollution: results from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Air pollution exposure has been associated with a multitude of diseases and poses a significant concern to public health. For targeted environmental risk communication and interventions to be effective, it is important to correctly identify characteristics associated with worry of harm from air pollution.

Methods

Using responses from 3,630 participants of the Health Information National Trends Survey 4 Cycle 2, we assessed worry of harm from exposure to indoor (IAP) and outdoor (OAP) air pollution separately. Multinomial logistic regression models were used to calculate odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals.

Results

Hispanics were more likely to worry about harm from IAP and OAP compared to non-Hispanic whites. Participants who lived in metropolitan counties were more likely to worry about harm from IAP and OAP compared to those who lived in rural counties. Finally, those who believed their chance of getting cancer was high were more likely to worry about harm from IAP and OAP compared to those who thought their likelihood of getting cancer was low.

Conclusions

Worry of harm from IAP and OAP varied across sociodemographic and cancer-related characteristics. Public health professionals should consider these characteristics when developing targeted environmental risk communication and interventions.

SUBMITTER: Ammons S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9233822 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Perception of worry of harm from air pollution: results from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS).

Ammons Samantha S Aja Hayley H Ghazarian Armen A AA Lai Gabriel Y GY Ellison Gary L GL

BMC public health 20220625 1

<h4>Background</h4>Air pollution exposure has been associated with a multitude of diseases and poses a significant concern to public health. For targeted environmental risk communication and interventions to be effective, it is important to correctly identify characteristics associated with worry of harm from air pollution.<h4>Methods</h4>Using responses from 3,630 participants of the Health Information National Trends Survey 4 Cycle 2, we assessed worry of harm from exposure to indoor (IAP) and ...[more]

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