Fishing, fish consumption, and knowledge about advisories in college students and others in central New Jersey
Fishing, fish consumption, and knowledge about advisories in college students and others in central New Jersey
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10.1016/j.envres.2004.09.003
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发表时间：
2005-06-01
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8.3
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Burger, J
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作者：
Burger, J
食用鱼类给人类和其他生物带来的风险已经成为一个全国性的问题。在过去的3年里，已经有一些关于咸水鱼的国家咨询。尽管对高危人群的捕鱼、消费模式和公众咨询知识的信息进行了调查，但对普通人群来说，关于后者的信息很少。对180名居住在美国新泽西州中部的大学生和其他人的样本进行了调查，调查了关于建议的总体知识，关于吃鱼的风险和好处的信息评级，以及捕鱼、消费模式和关于建议的知识之间的关系。对钓鱼、消费和关于咨询的知识作为年龄、性别、种族和教育的函数的无差异的零假设进行了测试。与女性相比，男性钓鱼的比例明显更高，黑人和亚洲人钓鱼的比例明显低于白人或西班牙裔。与其他人相比，在咸水中捕鱼的亚洲人更多。消费模式没有性别差异，年龄或种族差异很小，主要是由于一些民族的样本量较低。与其他人相比，年轻人和亚洲人吃鱼的数量明显减少。总体而言，更多的人知道吃鱼的好处，而不是风险。有一半的人听说过有关金枪鱼的建议，而知道有关鲨鱼和旗鱼的建议的人不到听到一般警告的三分之一。在了解建议方面没有性别差异，但存在几个种族差异：亚洲人普遍知道有建议的比例较低，知道吃鱼有好处的黑人比其他人少。与老年人相比，21-45岁年龄组的人更少意识到吃鱼的好处和风险。这些数据表明，风险管理者需要以年轻人为目标，了解食用鱼类的风险和好处，特别是考虑到这是未来几年将怀孕的人群。与以前的一些研究相反，受试者信任家人、朋友和其他渔民，而不是像医生、政府官员和大学教授这样的其他来源，更多地是因为他们对食用鱼类的风险和好处的了解。即使样本量有限，很明显，人们对食用鱼类的好处多于风险的了解更多，听说过美国食品和药物管理局(FDA)最近关于旗鱼和鲨鱼的警告的比例相对较低。(C)2004 Elsevier Inc.保留所有权利。
Risks to humans and other organisms from consuming fish have become a national concern. Over the past 3 years there have been a number of national advisories regarding saltwater fish. Although information on fishing, consumption patterns, and public knowledge about advisories has been examined for at-risk populations, there is little information about the latter for a general population. Overall knowledge about advisories, ratings for information about the risks and benefits of eating fish, and the relationship between fishing, consumption patterns, and knowledge about advisories was examined in a sample of 180 college students and others residing in central New Jersey, USA. The null hypothesis of no differences in fishing, consumption, and knowledge about advisories as a function of age, gender, ethnicity, and education was tested. A significantly higher proportion of men fished compared to women, and significantly fewer Blacks and Asians fished than did Whites or Hispanics. More Asians who fished did so in salt water, compared to others. There were no gender differences in consumption patterns, and few age or ethnic differences, mainly due to low sample sizes in some ethnic groups. Significantly fewer young people and fewer Asians ate fish compared to others. Overall, more people knew about the benefits of eating fish than the risks. Half as many people had heard about advisories concerning tuna, and less than a third knew about advisories concerning shark and swordfish than had heard general warnings. There were no gender differences in knowing about advisories, but there were several ethnic differences: a lower percentage of Asians generally knew that there were advisories, and fewer Blacks knew that there were benefits from eating fish than others. People in the age group 21-45 years were less aware of both the benefits and the risks from eating fish compared to older people. These data suggest that risk managers need to target younger people for information about the risks and benefits of consuming fish, particularly given that this is the population that will become pregnant over the next few years. Contrary to some previous research, subjects trusted family, friends, and other fishermen less for knowledge about the risks and benefits of fish consumption than other sources, such as doctors, governmental officials, and university professors. Even with this limited sample size, it is clear that people have heard more about the benefits of fish consumption than the risks, and a relatively low percentage have heard about the recent US Food and Drug Administration warnings about swordfish and shark. (c) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.