来自私人井的饮用水测试结果的沟通:设计报告背后的材料,以促进理解
Sarah Yelton1, Andrew George1, Martha Scott Tomlinson2
1Institute for the Environment, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Journal of environmental health
|August 25, 2023
概括
图片回报材料有效地传达了井水和土壤中有毒金属的存在. 基于图形的结果,特别是联邦标准,有助于参与者理解和健康保护行动.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 风险沟通风险沟通是什么
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 私人井水和土壤受到有毒金属的污染对公众健康构成重大风险.
- 环境监测结果的有效沟通对于促进保护健康的行动至关重要.
- 基于图形 (图像) 的回报材料为改善风险沟通提供了潜在的途径.
研究的目的:
- 评估基于图形的回报材料在传达私人井水和土壤中有毒金属存在的有效性.
- 探索回报材料中的建议与研究参与者采取的健康保护行动之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及北卡罗来纳州斯托克斯县39名居民的环境监测试点研究包括对水和土壤进行测试.
- 参与者获得了以图形为基础的材料,详细说明了样本中有毒金属的存在.
- 一组14名参与者回应了后续评估,评估了理解和行动.
主要成果:
- 许多参与者发现他们测试结果的至少一个组成部分"非常容易理解".
- 对于具有联邦最大污染物水平 (MCL) 的污染物,参与者对结果的回忆更准确.
- 这项研究表明,图像格式与详细文本相结合,可以突出可操作的结果.
结论:
- 基于图形的回报材料有效地传达环境样本中有毒金属的存在.
- 联邦标准的存在有助于参与者回忆和理解环境监测结果.
- 当图像格式与文本相补充时,可以有效地引导个人采取必要的健康保护行动.
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