Returning Individual Tap Water Testing Results to Research Study Participants after a Wildfire Disaster.
Returning Individual Tap Water Testing Results to Research Study Participants after a Wildfire Disaster.
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DOI：
10.3390/ijerph19020907
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发表时间：
2022-01-14
影响因子：
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通讯作者：
Solomon G
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作者：
Von Behren J;Wong M;Morales D;Reynolds P;English PB;Solomon G
2018 年毁灭性的野火摧毁了加利福尼亚州天堂镇的大部分地区，之后在配水管道中发现了挥发性有机化合物。火灾发生后大约 11 个月，我们从 136 所仍然完好的房屋中收集了自来水样本，并测试了 100 多种化学物质。每位参与者都会收到一份定制报告，显示其样本的实验室结果。我们的目标是以参与者易于理解、科学准确且有用的方式快速传达个人水质结果和化学信息。在此过程的基础上，我们制定了一个框架来说明考虑因素和优先事项，这些考虑因素和优先事项借鉴了先前环境结果回报研究和危机沟通的最佳实践，同时还解决了灾害背景下的具体挑战。我们还对参与者对结果返回过程的看法进行了跟踪调查。总体而言，参与者发现结果返回的信息是可以理解的，并且在收到信息后他们对饮用水质量的担忧减轻了。超过三分之一的参与者报告在收到结果后针对他们的用水习惯采取了某种行动。与参与者的沟通是环境灾害研究的一个关键要素，重要的是制定一个沟通结果的策略，以实现及时性、清晰度和科学准确性的目标，最终使人们能够采取减少暴露的行动。
After the devastating wildfire that destroyed most of the town of Paradise, California in 2018, volatile organic compounds were found in water distribution pipes. Approximately 11 months after the fire, we collected tap water samples from 136 homes that were still standing and tested for over 100 chemicals. Each participant received a customized report showing the laboratory findings from their sample. Our goal was to communicate individual water results and chemical information rapidly in a way that was understandable, scientifically accurate, and useful to participants. On the basis of this process, we developed a framework to illustrate considerations and priorities that draw from best practices of previous environmental results return research and crisis communication, while also addressing challenges specific to the disaster context. We also conducted a follow-up survey on participants’ perceptions of the results return process. In general, participants found the results return communications to be understandable, and they felt less worried about their drinking water quality after receiving the information. Over one-third of the participants reported taking some kind of action around their water usage habits after receiving their results. Communication with participants is a critical element of environmental disaster research, and it is important to have a strategy to communicate results that achieves the goals of timeliness, clarity, and scientific accuracy, ultimately empowering people toward actions that can reduce exposure.
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影响因子：
6
作者：
Perovich, Laura J.;Ohayon, Jennifer Liss;Brody, Julia Green
通讯作者：
Brody, Julia Green
机构审查委员会准备灾难研究：一种实用方法。
影响因子：
7.9
作者：
Packenham JP;Rosselli R;Fothergill A;Slutsman J;Ramsey S;Hall JE;Miller A
通讯作者：
Miller A
影响因子：
3.7
作者：
Odimayomi, Tolulope O.;Proctor, Caitlin R.;Whelton, Andrew J.
通讯作者：
Whelton, Andrew J.
DOI：
10.1021/acsestwater.1c00129
发表时间：
2021-08-13
期刊：
ACS ES&T water
影响因子：
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作者：
Solomon GM;Hurley S;Carpenter C;Young TM;English P;Reynolds P
通讯作者：
Reynolds P
影响因子：
10.4
作者：
Brody JG;Cirillo PM;Boronow KE;Havas L;Plumb M;Susmann HP;Gajos KZ;Cohn BA
通讯作者：
Cohn BA