Using the health beliefs model to explore children's attitudes and beliefs on air pollution.
Public Health
; 196: 4-9, 2021 Jul.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34126559
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
Traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) negatively impacts children's health. Self-protective measures are available, but population uptake is variable. It is essential to understand human beliefs and behaviours related to air pollution in order to understand the lack of self-protection in communities. As a prelude to undertaking a comprehensive assessment of children's attitudes and beliefs on the health effects of TRAP exposure, we sought to develop and validate an appropriate instrument. STUDYDESIGN:
This study used exploratory sequential mixed methods.METHODS:
This instrument, based on the constructs of the health belief model (HBM), aimed to determine factors predicting wearing a mask to protect against TRAP exposure. An initial literature-based questionnaire was modified using in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, and a quantitative survey pilot. This study included 121 school students and nine professional experts in Vietnam. The questionnaire was tested for content validity, agreement, test-retest reliability, and internal consistency.RESULTS:
The concordance of questionnaire items between two repeated assessments ranged from 47.2% to 78.3%, intraclass correlation coefficients ranged from 0.16 to 0.87 and Cronbach's internal reliability coefficient for the instrument was 0.60.CONCLUSION:
The self-administered instrument, based on the HBM, is suitable to understand health attitudes and beliefs related to self-protective behaviours to reduce TRAP exposure.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Air Pollution
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limits:
Child
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Public Health
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Australia