Quan điểm của cư dân về sự phơi nhiễm nguy cơ sức khỏe môi trường sau bão Harvey

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 11 - Trang 574-585 - 2021
Paige B. Gloeckner1, Gemme M. Campbell-Salome2, Brittany E. Waag3, Jennifer A. Horney4, Emily A. Rauscher5
1Department of Communication, Baylor University, Waco, USA
2University of Florida, Gainsville, USA
3Department of Communications, Texas A & M University, College Station, USA
4Epidemiology Program, University of Delaware, Newark, USA
5Department of Communication, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

Tóm tắt

Nghiên cứu này xem xét những gì du khách ở các công viên đô thị tại Houston, TX biết về các nguy cơ sức khỏe môi trường do bão Harvey, một cơn bão cấp 4 đã đổ bộ vào tháng 8 năm 2017 và gây ra hơn 60 inch mưa trong 8 ngày, biến nó trở thành sự kiện mưa lớn nhất trong lịch sử Hoa Kỳ. Các cuộc phỏng vấn đã được thực hiện với cư dân trưởng thành ở Houston bằng phương pháp lấy mẫu mục đích. Tổng cộng, 27 cuộc phỏng vấn đã được tiến hành với 36 người tham gia khác nhau. Các cuộc phỏng vấn được ghi âm, sao chép nguyên văn và phân tích định tính bằng cách sử dụng phương pháp lặp phronetic. Nghiên cứu này cho thấy rằng du khách tại công viên thiếu kiến thức đầy đủ về các nguy cơ sức khỏe môi trường, nhưng họ có ham muốn mạnh mẽ để tìm hiểu thêm về những rủi ro này. Cụ thể, người tham gia có ý kiến rõ ràng về nội dung của các thông điệp (tức là ngắn gọn, dễ hiểu, không gây sợ hãi) và cách họ muốn nhận thông tin (tức là dễ tiếp cận, từ các nguồn địa phương đáng tin cậy). Các tác động của các chiến dịch can thiệp về sức khỏe sử dụng lý thuyết không chắc chắn được thảo luận.

Từ khóa

#bão Harvey #nguy cơ sức khỏe môi trường #công viên đô thị #phỏng vấn định tính #can thiệp sức khỏe

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