开发一个Phthalate环境生殖健康素养 (PERHL) 尺度
Kathryn S Tomsho1, Marlee R Quinn1, Gary Adamkiewicz1
1Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Environmental health perspectives
|April 26, 2024
概括
开发了一种新的尺度,即甲酸环境生殖健康素养 (PERHL) 评分,以评估对甲酸风险的知识和看法. 非白人个人在关键知识因素上得分较低,突出了环境健康素养的差异.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 生殖健康 生殖健康
- 化学暴露评估 化学暴露评估
背景情况:
- 甲酸盐暴露与不良的生殖健康结果有关.
- 目前的法规假定个人有足够的环境健康素养 (EHL),以减轻甲酸盐暴露.
- 在生育年龄的个体中评估甲酸特异性EHL的验证尺度很少.
研究的目的:
- 开发一个多维尺度来描述甲酸盐知识,风险感知和自我有效性.
- 为个人层面的干预提供信息,旨在减少甲酸盐暴露.
- 为了创建酸盐环境生殖健康素养 (PERHL) 尺度.
主要方法:
- 在环境生殖和葡萄糖结果 (ERGO) 队列中,对117名参与者进行了31项调查.
- 探索性因子分析 (EFA) 确定了六个潜在因素.
- 评估了内部可靠性,并计算了PERHL分数. 研究了与社会人口统计学的关联.
主要成果:
- 确定了六个潜在因素:影响意识,不确定性,保护行为,监管利益,途径意识和一般知识.
- 因素的内部可靠性在0.63到0.93.9之间.
- 非白人参与者报告意识和一般知识因素的得分较低,但不确定性或保护性行为没有.
结论:
- 在PERHL尺度有效地衡量了甲酸特异性EHL的多维方面.
- 在非白人个体中,在与知识相关的因素中发现的差异需要有针对性的干预.
- 该尺度为评估EHL提供了一个工具,并指导用于减少甲酸盐暴露的公共卫生策略.
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