The Relationships between Particulate Matter Risk Perception, Knowledge, and Health Promoting Behaviors among College Students

Park, Eunsun; Oh, Heung Bum; Kim, Sue Hyon; Min, Ari

doi:10.7586/jkbns.2018.20.1.20

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“…These results show that a lower perceived barrier has a positive impact on health promoting behaviors. However, a prior study that analyzed the relationship between perceived barriers and health promoting behaviors in university students [32] did not observe a significant relationship between the two, contradicting our results. This suggests that being inundated with too much relevant information increases individuals' perceived barriers.…”

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Influencing Factors of Behavior for Reducing Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Demand for Related Education

Yoon

Kim

2022

EJIHPE

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This study investigates the factors influencing university students’ behavior in reducing exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and the demand for related education. This study utilized a descriptive survey. Data were collected from 192 students in Busan, South Korea, from 1 September to 31 December 2020 using an online questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, one-way analysis of variance, Pearson’s correlation coefficient test, and multiple regression. A positive correlation was observed between knowledge about EDCs and perceived benefits, perceived barriers, and behavior for reducing exposure to EDCs. Perceived benefits had a negative correlation with perceived barriers. Factors affecting students’ behavior for reducing exposure to EDCs were age, enrollment in a health-related department, regular exercise, medication, and intake of healthy foods. Moreover, participants preferred to receive relevant information through a variety of educational resources and online teaching methods, favoring videos and social media, but not group discussions or individual counseling. They also preferred lecture-type education and the use of pamphlets, fliers, newspapers, and magazines. Thus, reducing EDC exposure implies encouraging regular exercise, appropriate health medications, and healthy food consumption; it is also necessary to make educational content accessible to college students via the Internet and mobile phones. Future studies should analyze the effect of reducing EDCs within the body through individual behaviors, to improve people’s physical, emotional, and socio-psychological health status.

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Influencing Factors of Behavior for Reducing Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Demand for Related Education

Yoon

Kim

2022

EJIHPE

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“…Demographic and health-related characteristics. The tools used in the study by Park et al 30 were modified and supplemented for this study. Demographic characteristics included age, grade, and residence area.…”

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“…Perceived severity regarding the dangers of PM. For measuring the perceived severity regarding the dangers of PM, the instrument constructed by Kim et al 31 to measure the risk perception of PM, and which was modified and supplemented by Park et al 30 was used in this study. The instrument consists of 7 items, and was measured on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = ''not at all'' to 5 = ''very much'').…”

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Development and Effectiveness of the School‐Based Education Program for Coping With Particulate Matter

Cho¹,

Suk

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Journal of School Health

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BACKGROUNDAdolescents are considered to be vulnerable to particulate matter (PM). This study aims to develop and verify the effectiveness of the “school‐based education program for coping with particulate matter (SEPC_PM).” This program was designed by employing the health belief model.METHODSHigh school students between the ages of 15 and 18 in South Korea participated in the program. This study employed a nonequivalent control group pretest‐posttest design. A total of 113 students participated in the study; of these, 56 students participated in the intervention group, and 57 in the control group. The intervention group received 8 intervention sessions the SEPC_PM over the course of 4 weeks.RESULTSAfter the completion of the program, the intervention group's knowledge about PM showed a statistically significant increase (t = 4.79, p < .001). The practice of engaging in health‐managing behaviors to protect against PM also showed statistically significant improvement in the intervention group, with the greatest progress in practicing precaution when outdoors (t = 2.22, p = .029). No statistically significant changes were observed regarding other dependent variables. However, a subdomain of the variable of perceived self‐efficacy for engaging in health‐managing behaviors to protect against PM (degree of body cleansing after returning home) demonstrated a statistically significant increase in the intervention group (t = 1.99, p = .049).CONCLUSIONSThe SEPC_PM may be proposed for incorporation into regular high school curricula to improve students' health by encouraging them to take necessary actions against PM.

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“…Moreover, PM has become a social problem domestically and globally due to the negative effects on both the air environment and human health that transcend national borders [ 22 , 23 ]. Many PM studies are being actively conducted that focus on its environmental impacts [ 24 , 25 , 26 ].…”

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Searching for Evidence-Based Public Policy and Practice: Analysis of the Determinants of Personal/Public Adaptation and Mitigation Behavior against Particulate Matter by Focusing on the Roles of Risk Perception, Communication, and Attribution Factors

Kim

Hwang

2021

IJERPH

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In recent years, awareness about the risk of particulate matter (PM) has increased both domestically and internationally; consequently, various policies have been implemented to reduce PM. Since citizens are both victim and cause of this risk, PM cannot be successfully decreased only through government policies. Therefore, citizens’ active participation is required to reduce PM and prevent its risks. However, a theoretical model about public behavior against PM has not been established. Therefore, we suggest the public behavior model about individuals’ response against PM, in which response actions are classified into four types based on the combinations of the public-personal domains and mitigation-adaptation actions: Personal or public adaptations, and personal or public mitigations. We analyze how risk perception, risk communication, blame attribution factors influence the four types of responses against PM. The analysis results reveal that the receiver’s ability, negative emotion, trust in government, and age influence personal mitigation behavior, personal adaptation, public mitigation, and public adaptation, respectively. As this study demonstrates the differences in the factors influencing each type of response actions against PM, evidence-based policy is needed that considers the differences in these influencing factors.

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The Relationships between Particulate Matter Risk Perception, Knowledge, and Health Promoting Behaviors among College Students

Cited by 13 publications

References 14 publications

Influencing Factors of Behavior for Reducing Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Demand for Related Education

Influencing Factors of Behavior for Reducing Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Demand for Related Education

Development and Effectiveness of the School‐Based Education Program for Coping With Particulate Matter

Searching for Evidence-Based Public Policy and Practice: Analysis of the Determinants of Personal/Public Adaptation and Mitigation Behavior against Particulate Matter by Focusing on the Roles of Risk Perception, Communication, and Attribution Factors

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