Bottled water versus tap water
Bottled water versus tap water
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瓶装水与自来水
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发表时间：
2019
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Guillermo Reginald Pradieu
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作者：
R. Graydon;Paola A. González;A. E. Laureano;Guillermo Reginald Pradieu
目的
瓶装水的消费量在全球范围内继续打破纪录，其对环境的影响往往被消费者低估。影响个人选择饮用自来水和瓶装水的因素很多，包括感知的健康风险和水质。南佛罗里达大学(USF)加入了一项全国性的碳中性倡议，减少瓶装水的消耗量是一项选择的战略。这项研究的目的是评估美国联邦大学坦帕校园社区的风险认知和饮用水选择。
设计/方法/方法
一项在线调查对561名学生、教职员工进行了抽样。这项调查包含了关于瓶装水和自来水、可重复使用水瓶、风险认知和人口统计学的问题。
发现
结果显示，某些群体--本科生和少数族裔(例如黑人/非裔美国人、西班牙裔/拉丁裔)--喝瓶装水的次数明显更多。在政治意识形态中，自由党人喝的瓶装水最少。女性和少数族裔对校园自来水的风险知觉明显更高。人们认为重要的好处是自来水比瓶装水更便宜，对环境更好。重要的感知障碍是自来水味道差，以及对过滤水的渴望。
原创性/价值
这些发现表明，公共卫生运动需要提高人们对瓶装水消费的健康、环境和经济后果的认识。这类运动的目的应该是阻止瓶装水和任何可能增加的含糖饮料消费，同时促进自来水消费。
Purpose
Bottled water consumption continues to break records worldwide and its environmental impact is often underestimated by the consumer. Many factors affect individuals’ choices to consume tap water and bottled water including perceived health risks and water quality. The University of South Florida (USF) has joined a nationwide initiative to become carbon-neutral, and reducing bottled water consumption was a chosen strategy. The purpose of this study was to assess the risk perceptions and drinking water choices of the USF-Tampa campus community.
Design/methodology/approach
A sample of 561 students, faculty and staff members responded to an online survey. The survey contained questions about the use of bottled water and tap water, reusable water bottles, risk perceptions and demographics.
Findings
The results revealed that certain groups – undergraduate students and ethnic/racial minorities (e.g. black/African American, Hispanic/Latino) – drank significantly more bottled water. Among political ideologies, Liberals drank the least bottled water. Females and minorities had significantly greater risk perceptions of the tap water on campus. Important perceived benefits were tap water being less expensive and better for the environment than bottled water. Important perceived barriers were poor tasting tap water and the desire for filtered water.
Originality/value
The findings suggest the need for public health campaigns to increase awareness of health, environmental and financial consequences of bottled water consumption. Such campaigns should aim to discourage bottled water and any potential increased sugar-sweetened beverage consumption while promoting tap water consumption.