The perception of air pollution and its health risk: a scoping review of measures and methods.

IF 2.2 3区医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Global Health Action Pub Date : 2024-12-31 Epub Date: 2024-06-28 DOI:10.1080/16549716.2024.2370100

Zeinab Bahrami, Satomi Sato, Zhesi Yang, Monali Maiti, Paoin Kanawat, Tomohiro Umemura, Kazunari Onishi, Hiroaki Terasaki, Tomoki Nakayama, Yutaka Matsumi, Kayo Ueda

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Abstract

Background: Although there is increasing awareness of the health risks of air pollution as a global issue, few studies have focused on the methods for assessing individuals' perceptions of these risks. This scoping review aimed to identify previous research evaluating individuals' perceptions of air pollution and its health effects, and to explore the measurement of perceptions, as a key resource for health behaviour.

Methods: The review followed the methodological framework proposed by Arksey and O'Malley. PubMed and Web of Science were searched. After initial and full-text screening, we further selected studies with standardised scales that had previously been tested for reliability and validity in assessing awareness and perceptions.

Results: After full-text screening, 95 studies were identified. 'Perception/awareness of air quality' was often measured, as well as 'Perception of health risk.' Only nine studies (9.5%) used validated scaled questionnaires. There was considerable variation in the scales used to measure the multiple dimensions of risk perception for air pollution.

Conclusion: Few studies used structured scales to quantify individuals' perceptions, limiting comparisons among studies. Standardised methods for measuring health risk perception are needed.

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对空气污染及其健康风险的认识：措施和方法的范围审查。

背景：尽管人们越来越意识到空气污染的健康风险是一个全球性问题，但很少有研究关注评估个人对这些风险的看法的方法。本范围综述旨在确定以往评估个人对空气污染及其健康影响的看法的研究，并探讨作为健康行为关键资源的看法的测量方法：综述遵循 Arksey 和 O'Malley 提出的方法框架。对 PubMed 和 Web of Science 进行了检索。经过初步筛选和全文筛选后，我们进一步选择了使用标准化量表的研究，这些量表在评估意识和观念方面的可靠性和有效性之前已经过测试：经过全文筛选，确定了 95 项研究。对空气质量的感知/认知 "以及 "对健康风险的感知 "经常被测量。只有 9 项研究（9.5%）使用了经过验证的量表问卷。用于测量空气污染风险感知多个维度的量表差异很大：很少有研究使用结构化量表来量化个人感知，这限制了研究间的比较。测量健康风险认知需要标准化的方法。

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Global Health Action PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

CiteScore

5.10

自引率

3.80%

发文量

108

审稿时长

16 weeks

期刊介绍： Global Health Action is an international peer-reviewed Open Access journal affiliated with the Unit of Epidemiology and Global Health, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine at Umeå University, Sweden. The Unit hosts the Umeå International School of Public Health and the Umeå Centre for Global Health Research. Vision: Our vision is to be a leading journal in the global health field, narrowing health information gaps and contributing to the implementation of policies and actions that lead to improved global health. Aim: The widening gap between the winners and losers of globalisation presents major public health challenges. To meet these challenges, it is crucial to generate new knowledge and evidence in the field and in settings where the evidence is lacking, as well as to bridge the gaps between existing knowledge and implementation of relevant findings. Thus, the aim of Global Health Action is to contribute to fuelling a more concrete, hands-on approach to addressing global health challenges. Manuscripts suggesting strategies for practical interventions and research implementations where none already exist are specifically welcomed. Further, the journal encourages articles from low- and middle-income countries, while also welcoming articles originated from South-South and South-North collaborations. All articles are expected to address a global agenda and include a strong implementation or policy component.