Air pollution: a study of citizen's attitudes and behaviors using different information sources
| Autor: | Tiziana Grassi, Gabriele Donzelli, Luca Pardini, Marco Verani, Elisabetta Carraro, Umberto Gelatti, Lorenzo Cioni, Silvia Bonetta, G. Palomba, Giulia Mascagni, Milena Villarini, Annalaura Carducci, Giuseppe Anastasi, Elisabetta Ceretti |
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| Přispěvatelé: | The study was co-funded by the LIFE financial instrument of the European Community [LIFE 12 ENV/IT/000614] and by the University of Pisa (PRA project [PRA_2016_9] on 'Mutamento e qualità della vita. Salute, ambiente urbano e partecipazione politica')., Carducci, A., Donzelli, G., Cioni, L., Palomba, G., Verani, M., Mascagni, G., Anastasi, G., Pardini, L., Ceretti, E., Grassi, T., Carraro, E., Bonetta, S., Villarini, M., Gelatti, U. |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Pro-environmental behaviors
Epidemiology Air pollution Media coverage Health Information sources Mass media 010501 environmental sciences medicine.disease_cause 01 natural sciences Information source Newspaper 03 medical and health sciences Air monitoring ALARM 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Health policy 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Community and Home Care lcsh:R5-920 business.industry Health Policy lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Environmental and Occupational Health Advertising lcsh:RA1-1270 The Internet Public Health business Psychology lcsh:Medicine (General) Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health |
| Zdroj: | Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health; Vol 14, No 2 (2017) Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health, Vol 14, Iss 2 (2017) Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Public Health; V. 14 N. 2 (2017) Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Public Health; Vol. 14 No. 2 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 2282-0930 |
| Popis: | Background: From November 2015 to January 2016, the routine air monitoring showed a peak of air pollution (in particular of PM10) that caused alarm in many Italian cities and was widely reported by mass media. After some weeks from this alarm, we tried to evaluate the citizen awareness and interest towards air pollution together with their positive behaviors, using different information sources. Methods: From September 2015 to March 2016, in parallel with the number of exceedances of the PM10 in Italy we evaluated the press coverage, the average monthly searches on Google and the interest on Twitter. Moreover, a qualitative content analysis on daily newspapers was conducted and a self-compiled questionnaire on the attitudes and behaviors about environmental issues and their determinants was administered to 598 parents involved in the project MAPEC_LIFE (LIFE12 ENV/IT/00614). Results: The media coverage of the theme of air pollution was very high from the end of 2015 to the beginning of 2016, as well as internet searches and twitter messages. Our qualitative analysis highlighted that only a small portion of articles included information about positive behaviors and environmental awareness. Despite the high media coverage and the satisfactory self-perceived knowledge, the majority of respondents judged negatively the received information (as untrue and incomplete) and declared a limited adoption of pro-environmental behaviors. Conclusion: The parallel study of mass media information and people’s attitudes and behaviors seem to indicate that the high media coverage was not followed by a very high motivation towards pro-environmental behaviors. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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