Communicating Health Risks to the Public

Hillier, Dawn

doi:10.4324/9781315572895

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“…One hypothesis that could explain these inconsistent results is the heterogeneity and variability of individual characteristics including socioeconomic and demographic factors (age and gender, for instance] [ 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 ]. In spite of these contrasted findings reported in the literature regarding the relationship between perception scores and measures of air pollution, there is a consensus that perception does play a role in public response to environmental exposures [ 26 , 32 ].…”

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Do Individual and Neighborhood Characteristics Influence Perceived Air Quality?

Deguen

Padilla

et al. 2017

IJERPH

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Abstract:Background: Despite improvements, air pollution still remains a major public health issue. Numerous epidemiological studies have demonstrated the adverse health effects of air pollution exposure based on modeled measures, but only a few have considered the health impact of perceived air quality. Improving our knowledge of individual perceptions is crucial to defining targeted actions and promoting appropriate intervention measures. Our objective is to investigate the relationship between subjective and objective measures of air pollution and to focus on how individual characteristics combined with the neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation index, measured at a fine spatial scale, may or may not alter this relationship. Materials and Methods: The subjective measures of air quality reported by a sample of Lyon residents were collected via an individual questionnaire. The objective measures of air pollution were modeled by the local air quality monitoring network of the Rhône-Alpes region at census block level. We used a socioeconomic deprivation index to capture the different socioeconomic dimensions at census block level. The statistical analysis was structured in two steps: (1) identification of individual determinants of the subjective measures of air quality using multiple correspondence analysis followed by hierarchical clustering; (2) identification of individual and contextual characteristics that may alter the relationship between the objective and subjective measures of air pollution. Results: Among the youngest and the middle aged population (ages 30 to 59), consistent results between level of satisfaction, perceived air quality and objective measures of air pollution were found whatever the individual characteristics of the population. It is less clear among the oldest population: globally no significant difference between the NO 2 concentrations and the level of satisfaction was observed. Conclusions: We found a significant relationship between the subjective and objective measures of air pollution in many population sub-groups with different combinations of individual characteristics. The relationship is less clear among the oldest population, which confirms previous findings. Our finding highlights that age combined with low level of education and unemployment, or women or health problems as well as the neighborhood deprivation index influence the level of air quality satisfaction.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Do Individual and Neighborhood Characteristics Influence Perceived Air Quality?

Deguen

Padilla

et al. 2017

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“…Interventions in schools that focus on heart disease for instance, will typically convey knowledge about diet and activity for prevention of heart health, behaviour change targets and enact the priorities of health professionals that arise out of their moral panic (McCarthy et al, 2009). While heart disease is likely to be a concern as students see adult family members and friends living the consequences, the impact of interventions are limited because of their social deficit perspective and the assumption that "they" just do not get the risks (Hillier, 2006). It is here that the value of striving to understand not only what students know about health but what that knowledge means within their lived environments takes us to the importance of developing thick descriptions from and through bricolage.…”

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Bricolage and the Health Promoting School

Renwick

2014

Qualitative Research Journal

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Purpose -The propositional knowledge about the Health Promoting School (HPS) and how it privileges the health sector, and research through intervention and behaviour change rather than gaining an understanding of how social bases of health impact and influence individuals and the wider school community. The purpose of this paper is to explore how bricolage offers opportunity for understanding complexity, thick description and inter-and multi-disciplinary work. The experience of health promotion and what it looks like at the school level and provides epistemological considerations for reframing research about HPSs for purposes of social justice and equity through bricolage. Design/methodology/approach -An introduction reveals the challenges of health promotion settings, and schools in particular to achieve social justice and equity. Bricolage is discussed with reference to complexity, thick description and inter-and multi-disciplinary work. Considerations are given to bricolage as research to gain understanding and to contribute to social change. Findings -As a setting the HPS is a complex site of social interaction and where there is interplay of multiple, casual factors that influence health and wellbeing. The potential for social justice and equity remains latent and new approaches to investigating and researching are required. Bricolage offers substantial possibilities as it recognises the value of researching social contexts but with a deliberate intent to engage with participants. Practical implications -This paper considers how bricolage can re-focus ontological and epistemological positions to engage in health promotion as a social action. Originality/value -This paper raises questions about the ability of the HPS model to deliver on social justice under current compliance regimes.

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“…Strategies that work in Thailand and India, for example, do not necessarily work in Brazil, the United States, or Africa, but some have proven adaptable for a variety of cultures. Stories, for example, have proven to be a universal way of presenting risk information (Hillier 2006). Noted health educators Rogers and Singhal (2003) describe how "culturally shareable" education/entertainment programs can reduce stigma and promote behaviors that reduce HIV/ADIS transmission.…”

Section: International Risk Communicationmentioning

confidence: 99%