Visualizing Air Pollution : Communication of Environmental Health Information in a Chinese Immigrant Community
This study developed and evaluated a visual approach to promoting environmental health literacy about highway pollution. The Interactive Map of Chinatown Traffic Pollution was the centerpiece of a communication approach designed to make complex scientific information about traffic-related air pollution comprehensible to Chinese immigrants with limited English proficiency. The map enabled visualization of the spatial distribution of ultrafine particles (less than 100 nanometers in diameter), a toxic and invisible form of air pollution, in Boston Chinatown. A university-community partnership enabled design of intergenerational training sessions aimed toward empowering community members to take health-promoting actions that reduce exposure to ultrafine particulate pollution. A mixed methods approach was taken to evaluation. Nine high school youth learned to use the map and then tutored adults recruited from English as a Second Language (ESL) classes and from a community workshop. Seventy-three of these adults completed a pre-post survey measuring change in three domains: pollution knowledge, attitudes toward environmental issues, and self-efficacy in using maps. Adult participants demonstrated statistically significant improvements in all three domains (Wilcoxon signed-rank test, all p < 0.01). Seventeen adults and nine youth participated in interviews. Interview participants reported adjusting daily routines to reduce exposure to pollution.
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2019 |
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2019 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24 |
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Journal of health communication - 24(2019), 4 vom: 15., Seite 339-358 |
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Englisch |
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Wong, Carolyn [VerfasserIn] |
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Date Completed 10.09.2020 Date Revised 08.07.2021 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
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10.1080/10810730.2019.1597949 |
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