Householder Status and Residence Type as Correlates of Radon Awareness and Testing Behaviors

Autor: Tamara Odom-Maryon, Wade G. Hill, Paul Yu, Laura S. Larsson
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Public Health Nursing. 26:387-395
ISSN: 1525-1446
0737-1209
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2009.00796.x
Popis: Objectives: The primary aim of this research was to assess radon awareness and testing across 2 housing types. Design and Sample: Cross-sectional prevalence study with time trends. National, probabilistic sample of 18,138 and 29,632 respondents from the 1994 and 1998 National Health Interview Surveys, respectively. Results: Odds ratio (OR) estimates confirmed that occupants of single family homes/townhomes were twice as likely to have ever heard of radon (1994: OR=2.18; confidence intervals [CI]=2.01–2.36) (1998: OR=2.26; CI=2.09–2.44) and also more likely to know if their household air had been tested for radon (1994: OR=2.04; CI=1.57–2.65) (1998: OR=1.38; CI=1.19–1.59) as occupants of apartments/condominiums. Time trend analyses revealed that radon awareness improved from 69.4% to 70.7% and home testing among those with knowledge of radon increased from 9.7% to 15.5% over the 4-year period. Conclusions: Housing type provided fairly stable estimates of radon awareness and testing. Findings demonstrate that housing status may be a useful variable to differentiate risk for radon awareness and testing. Public health nurses should consider their client's housing type when assessing families for environmental risks.
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