'Air pollution is bad for my health': Hungarian children's knowledge of the role of environment in health and disease
| Autor: | Szilvia Kovacs, Annamária Uzzoli, Zsuzsanna F. Pluhar, Bettina Pikó |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Pollution
Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Hungary Health (social science) Data collection Noise pollution media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development Direct effects Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Air pollution Environmental Exposure Disease medicine.disease_cause Risk perception Air Pollution Environmental health medicine Humans Environmental consciousness Child Psychology Art media_common |
| Zdroj: | Health & Place. 15:239-246 |
| ISSN: | 1353-8292 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.05.005 |
| Popis: | This study describes beliefs and knowledge of harmful environmental factors and environment-borne disease in 9- to 11-year-olds’ ( N =448) using the “draw-and-write” technique as a method of data collection. Most respondents described the man-made environmental risks (such as car transportation or noise pollution) as direct effects; however, in their interpretations, lifestyle (e.g., smoking) and other effects (e.g., pollen pollution) also received considerable emphasis. Although many did not describe a specific disease as environment-borne diseases, the most mentioned among the children were infectious diseases followed by allergy. The results of this study draw the attention to the relationship between health and environmental consciousness. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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