My house, my rules: Co-designing residential air pollution research

这项范围界定研究将与社区成员合作，共同确定研究问题和进行住宅空气质量研究的可行方法。许多人都有与空气污染有关的健康问题。每年都有数以万计的人因暴露在空气污染中而缩短生命，这被认为是英国公众健康面临的最大环境风险。我们通常认为空气污染是室外的，但这种污染进入建筑物并与室内的额外污染结合在一起。由于我们在家里、工作场所或学校的大部分时间都是在室内度过的，因此提高我们对室内空气污染的了解非常重要。这将使我们能够确定正确的补救措施，以帮助减少因在家中接触而对健康产生影响的风险。然而，测量室内空气污染可能很困难，特别是因为它涉及到在人们家中收集数据——研究人员依赖于居民是否愿意允许在他们家中进行测量，这可能很不方便，而且可能具有侵入性。这项研究将与环境污染相对较高地区的城市社区成员合作，共同决定他们想要和需要了解自己家中的空气污染情况，以及他们认为收集必要测量数据的最佳方法。在这项研究中，参与者将有机会了解空气污染源和影响，并收集他们自己的个人暴露数据。收集到的数据将在一个研讨会上展示，在那里它将被用来突出显示居民在日常生活中接触到的典型空气污染水平，以及污染的来源。在研讨会期间，居民将与研究人员合作，确定研究问题以及在其社区进行住宅空气质量研究的可行和可接受的方法。通过遵循公民科学方法，拟议的范围界定研究将积极地让社区参与研究的共同设计，为参与该过程的公民创造一种集体所有权感，并确保结果既满足研究人员的目标，又满足当地居民的需求和期望。这项范围界定研究将为我们提供证据，说明如何与直接受空气污染有害影响的人士合作，进行住宅空气质素研究。预期参加者的参与会提高他们对室内污染的认识，并会激励他们在未来的研究中参与住宅污染测量运动和空气质素改善试验的收集。

This scoping study will engage with members of the community to collaboratively define research questions and a feasible methodology for conducting residential air quality research.Many people have health problems associated with air pollution. Every year tens of thousands of lives are cut short due to exposure to air pollution and it is considered to be the largest environmental risk to public health in the UK. We usually think of air pollution as being outdoors, but that pollution enters buildings and combines with additional pollution from indoor sources. As we spend a substantial proportion of our time indoors at home, work or school, it is important that we improve our understanding of indoor air pollution. This will allow us to identify the correct remedial measures to help reduce the risk of health effects arising from exposure in our homes. However, measuring indoor air pollution can be difficult, especially because it involves the gathering of data within people's homes - researchers are dependent on residents' willingness to allow measurements to be taken within their homes, which can be inconvenient and potentially intrusive.This study will engage with members of an urban community within an area of relatively high ambient pollution to collaboratively decide what they want and need to know about air pollution in their own homes, as well as what they think is the best way for gathering the necessary measurements. During this study participants will have the opportunity to learn about air pollution sources and effects and gather their own personal exposure data. The data gathered will then be presented at a workshop, where it will be used to highlight typical air pollution levels residents are exposed to while they go about their normal day, and where it comes from. During the workshop residents will work collaboratively with researchers to define research questions and a feasible and acceptible methodology for conducting residential air quality research in their community. By following a citizen science approach, the proposed scoping study will actively involve the community in the co-designing of a research study, creating a sense of collective ownership for the citizens involved in the process, and ensuring that the outcomes meet both the researchers' aims and local residents' needs and expectations. This scoping study will provide us with evidence of how to conduct residential air quality research in collaboration with those who are directly affected by the harmful effects of air pollution. It is expected that participation will raise participants' awareness of indoor pollution and will inspire them to take part in the gathering of the residential pollution measurement campaigns and air quality improvement trials in future studies.