公众和媒体对床的兴趣-欧洲2023年
Peter Brimblecombe1,2, Gabi Mueller3, Pascal Querner4,5
1School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK.
Current research in insect science
|April 15, 2024
概括
公众对床的兴趣在2023年升,媒体报道和旅行放大了这种兴趣. 谷歌趋势数据显示,这种担忧在地理上蔓延,强调需要更好地收集关于床 (Cimex lectularius) 感染的数据.
科学领域:
- 昆虫学 昆虫学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 数字流行病学数字流行病学
背景情况:
- 床虫 (Cimex lectularius) 感染在2023年夏末引起了媒体的重大关注,特别是在巴黎时装周之后.
- 法国公众的担忧可能被最近的一份政府报告和家庭从旅行回来所加剧.
- 由于耻辱和商业敏感性,关于床发生的准确数据很少,以前的估计依赖于医生咨询和公众调查.
研究的目的:
- 利用谷歌趋势数据来评估公众对床的兴趣的增长和地理传播.
- 了解媒体报道和特定事件如何影响公众对床感染的看法.
- 评估谷歌趋势作为监测公众对害虫相关健康问题的关注的工具.
主要方法:
- 分析谷歌趋势搜索频率数据,以追踪公众对床的兴趣.
- 搜索趋势与特定事件的相关性,如巴黎时装周和学年开学.
- 评估公众关注的地理分布,与媒体关注的中心相比.
主要成果:
- 公众对虫感染的担忧表明,巴黎疫情明显地向邻国蔓延,与距离成反比例.
- 媒体报道,由负面新闻和地理接近等因素驱动,显著放大了公众对床问题的看法.
- 谷歌趋势被证明是监测和理解公众对床 (Cimex lectularius) 的关注的一个敏感和有效的工具.
结论:
- 政府机构应考虑实施标准化数据收集方法,以了解床的发生情况.
- 像谷歌趋势这样的数字工具可以为公众健康问题和害虫相关问题提供宝贵的见解.
- 有效的公共卫生沟通策略应考虑到媒体的影响和疫情期间公众感知动态.
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