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Visualizing Highway Pollution: A Study of Inter-generational Health Communication

公路污染可视化：代际健康传播研究

基本信息

批准号：
8929294
负责人：
Doug Brugge
金额：
$ 20.29万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2014
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2014-09-28 至 2018-09-27
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8929294
关键词：
Access to Information Adult Air Conditioning Air Pollution Attention Boston Censuses Chinese American Chinese People Climacteric Communication Communities Complex Computer Literacy Computer software Computers Data Development Devices Dose Educational process of instructing Elderly English Language Environmental Health Exposure to Face Filtration Goals Health Health Communication Health Hazards Health Sciences High School Student Home environment Imagery Immigrant Individual Intervention Interview Knowledge Leadership Learning Limited English Proficiency Location Maps Massachusetts Measurement Measures Methods National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities Observational Study Online Systems Participant Particulate Persons Pollution Poverty Process Reporting Research Science Self Efficacy Services Site Source Strategic Planning Techniques Testing Time Training Ultrafine Underserved Population Walking Work Youth animation base bilingualism cardiovascular health computer program data visualization density design health literacy improved informant innovation instrument interest intergenerational literacy mathematical ability member mortality novel post intervention programs response skills success tool traffic-related air pollution trafficking young adult

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project develops a novel health communication intervention aimed at improving Boston Chinatown residents' access to complex scientific information about this community's exposure to traffic-related air pollution, an important health factor. The proposed work is developmental, aimed at producing and refining the intervention, testing its acceptability in the community and producing preliminary data for a larger trial. Because of limitations in English proficiency and access to computers among Chinatown residents they are likely not learning about air pollution from their media sources. In our intervention, we will develop a map-based computer visualization of particulate pollution across Chinatown. The extension to the software, Weave (iWeave.org), will display estimated pollution levels derived from findings of the Community Assessment of Freeway Exposure and Health (CAFEH; R01 ES015462). Menus on the computer visualizations will be bilingual in Chinese and English. The user will be able to point to locations in Chinatown and an indicator will show levels of ultrafine particulate pollution for that location using styled depictions of greater or lsser density of pollution. Interactive animations will also show lowered pollution exposure when a person closes windows in homes, walks at times and locations with lowered exposure, or installs filtration or air condition devices in homes. We will then co-create with our community partner, a Chinatown service agency, an inter-generational and culturally appropriate method of using the visualization tool to learn about air pollution. At a youth leadership program and in adult English language and computer literacy classes held at the agency, we will first train 12 bilingual high school students to use the visualization tool. Subsequently, these high school students will teach 50 adult Chinese immigrants how to use the tool and engage them in interactive demonstrations and conversations about the pollution and its health effects. The communication intervention is significant because it creates several innovations. The visualization of fine particulate concentrations across a community for presentation to lay people has not been previously attempted. Because particulate traffic related pollution is invisible and odorless, but also toxic, making its dispersion from heavy traffic sources apparent to lay people may be critical to influencing their interest in and response to the problem. We will also develop new interactive animated visualizations informing low-literacy and non-English-proficient residents of Boston Chinatown about environmental health hazards and steps they can take to protect themselves. The method of community-based intergenerational collaborative learning about environmental health through computer visualization is new. To evaluate, first, we will use a pre-post design and key informant interviews to assess the effect of participation in the intervention on knowledge about highway pollution, attention to environmental health information, and subjective numeracy skills. Second, we will adapt validated civic measures to assess increases in self-efficacy of expression of knowledge learned about highway pollution and its health effects.

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目开发了一种新的健康沟通干预，旨在改善波士顿唐人街居民获得有关该社区暴露于交通相关空气污染的复杂科学信息，这是一个重要的健康因素。拟议的工作是发展性的，旨在制定和完善干预措施，测试其在社区中的可接受性，并为更大规模的试验提供初步数据。由于唐人街居民的英语水平和使用电脑的机会有限，他们可能不会从媒体渠道了解空气污染。在我们的干预中，我们将开发一个基于地图的计算机可视化的颗粒物污染整个唐人街。该软件的扩展程序Weave（iWeave.org）将显示根据高速公路暴露和健康社区评估（CAFEH; R 01 ES 015462）的结果得出的估计污染水平。电脑上的可视化菜单将是中英文双语的。用户将能够指向唐人街的位置，并且指示器将使用更大或更小的污染密度的样式标记来显示该位置的超细颗粒物污染水平。互动动画还将显示当一个人关闭家中的窗户，在暴露程度较低的时间和地点行走，或在家中安装过滤或空调设备时，污染暴露程度较低。然后，我们将与我们的社区合作伙伴，唐人街服务机构，共同创建一个跨代和文化上适当的方法，使用可视化工具来了解空气污染。在该机构举办的青年领导力项目和成人英语语言和计算机扫盲班上，我们将首先培训12名双语高中生使用可视化工具。随后，这些高中生将教50名成年中国移民如何使用该工具，并让他们参与有关污染及其健康影响的互动演示和对话。沟通干预是重要的，因为它创造了几个创新。以前没有尝试过将整个社区的细颗粒物浓度可视化以呈现给普通人。由于颗粒物交通相关污染是不可见和无味的，但也是有毒的，使其从繁忙的交通来源明显的外行人的分散可能是至关重要的，影响他们的兴趣和对问题的反应。我们还将开发新的交互式动画可视化，向波士顿唐人街的低识字率和非英语熟练居民提供有关环境健康危害以及他们可以采取的保护自己的步骤的信息。以社区为基础的代际协作学习环境健康的方法，通过计算机可视化是新的。为了评估，首先，我们将使用前事后设计和关键知情人访谈，以评估参与干预对公路污染知识，对环境健康信息的关注和主观计算能力的影响。其次，我们将采用有效的公民措施来评估关于公路污染及其健康影响的知识表达的自我效能的增加。