Relationship of perception of radon as a health risk and willingness to engage in radon testing and mitigation.
Relationship of perception of radon as a health risk and willingness to engage in radon testing and mitigation.
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DOI：
10.1188/02.onf.1099-1107
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发表时间：
2002-08-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Burns, Kenneth
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作者：
Duckworth, L Tammy;Frank-Stromborg, Marilyn;Burns, Kenneth
目的/目的：收集有关氡气水平的数据，并确定受试者特征、氡气测试意愿以及对氡气作为健康风险的看法之间的相关性。设计：描述性相关性。环境：伊利诺伊州北方农村迪卡尔布县。样本：从1，620个随机选择的县住宅中选出473名受访者。方法：使用社区氡气计划问卷通过电话对参与者进行调查。氡测量采取了家庭氡测试kitch.Main研究变量：性别，收入，年龄，教育程度，吸烟状况，种族，房屋所有权，愿意测试氡，氡风险perception.FINDINGS：大多数参与者都熟悉氡，但不认为它是一个直接的健康危害，不会有自己的氡筛选。88%的氡测量值超过了美国环境保护署的中等潜在风险水平，53%超过了行动水平（即，结论：氡作为一种健康风险的认知与计划进行进一步的氡测试和采用氡缓解方法呈正相关。需要更多的研究，人们的意愿，以获得氡的排放水平和癌症的发病率在地区有很高的潜力radon. Implicationsfor吸烟：根据环境文献，家庭氡排放对肺癌的发展的影响是巨大的健康风险作为二手烟。几乎没有关于这个问题的护理文献已经出版。护士，特别是公共卫生护士，作为农村卫生信息的主要来源，在公共卫生教育工作中处于最前沿。护士是最有可能进入患者家中的医疗保健专业人员，在传播有关氡作为潜在致癌物的信息方面可以发挥重要作用。
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To gather data on radon levels and determine correlations among subjects' characteristics, willingness to test for radon, and perceptions of radon as a health risk.DESIGN: Descriptive correlational.SETTING: Rural DeKalb County in northern Illinois.SAMPLE: 473 respondents from a group of 1,620 randomly selected county residences.METHODS: Participants were surveyed via telephone using the Community Radon Program questionnaire. Radon measurements were taken with home radon test kits.MAIN RESEARCH VARIABLES: Gender, income, age, educational level, smoking status, race, home ownership, willingness to test for radon, and radon risk perception.FINDINGS: Most participants were familiar with radon but did not view it as an immediate health hazard and would not have screened for radon on their own. 88% of the radon measurements exceeded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's moderate risk potential level, and 53% exceeded the action level (i.e., 4 pCi/L).CONCLUSIONS: Perception of radon as a health risk was correlated positively with planning to conduct further radon testing and to employ radon mitigation methods. More research is needed on people's willingness to obtain radon emission levels and the cancer rates in areas that have high potential for radon.IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING: According to the environmental literature, the effect of household radon emissions on the development of lung cancer is as great a health risk as secondhand smoke. Virtually no nursing literature on the subject has been published. As the primary source of health information in many rural counties, nurses, especially public health nurses, are at the forefront in public health educational efforts. Nurses are the most likely healthcare professionals to enter patients' homes and can play a significant role in disseminating information about radon as a potential carcinogen.