Survey of knowledge and attitude of people about air pollution in Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Introduction: The importance of air quality and paying attention to what we breathe have been valuable always. So that air pollution is one of the key environmental issues in urban communities. Several studies show that the potential effects of air pollution on human health include increased mortality and changes in cardiovascular and respiratory functions.
 
 Materials and methods: The population of this study was people in 22 dis-tricts of Tehran megacity. The questionnaires were placed at the municipality centers of 22 districts and randomly completed by people who came to the center. Questions included the importance of air pollution, the comparison of air quality with last year, the main sources of air pollution, the problems created by air pollution, the quality of informing system, as well as questions about their satisfaction about government’s actions on air pollution control plans. Data analysis was performed using SPSS 24.
 
 Results: 84.14 % of the participants stated that air pollution is important to them and has a negative influence on their lives. Also, most of them were not satisfied with the measures taken and expected that actions would be better to reduce air pollution. 91.10 % of the participants considered cars as the main causes of air pollution. Also, 68.22 % of people believed that air pollution had a significant negative impact on their quality of life.
 
 Conclusion: Most people are willing to live at a higher cost but a less pol-luted environment, while more of them are not well aware of their role in reducing air pollution. Moreover further education should be provided on the role of people in reducing air pollution. Additionally, the government must deal with air pollutants and take serious measures.

Community Health Risk Awareness and Knowledge of Air Pollution in Annadale, Polokwane Local Municipality, Limpopo Province, South Africa

“… 1 The other study in Tehran, Iran investigated knowledge and attitude of university students on air pollution problem over the period of 2015 to 2016 and discovered weak average cognitive score +2.97, with no significant statistical difference between male and female ( P = .32), which show lack of education regarding air pollution. 15 In 2017 the study investigated public awareness on the effects of air pollution in Wuhan, China, which revealed that 65% of the respondents were not aware of measures implemented by government to address air pollution. 16 When public perception of sources of air pollution was surveyed in 7 European countries, most of the population had limited knowledge of the main sources of air pollution.…”

Community Health Risk Awareness and Knowledge of Air Pollution in Annadale, Polokwane Local Municipality, Lim-popo Province, South Africa

“…The study conducted in Tehran; Iran over the period of 2015-2016 evaluated knowledge and attitudes amongst the university students on the sources of air pollution [5]. The level of knowledge amongst the students was weak and the community did not receive adequate and effective education regarding air pollution [6].…”

Effectiveness of Home-based Educational Intervention on Community Perception of Indoor Air Pollution

“…Indoor air pollutants can have a wide range of negative health effects, including respiratory, neurological, reproductive, endocrine, cardiovascular systems and dermatologic (Azuma, et al, 2020). Furthermore, air pollution complications can include bad mood, depression, anger, anxiety, stress, and memory loss (Ahmadfazeli, et al, 2019;Tran, et al, 2020).…”