无家可归者对热风险的看法和应对策略
Brett W Robertson1, Kirstin Dow2, Julie Salinas3
1College of Information and Communications, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
概括
无家可归的人面临极端高温的风险. 了解他们的感知和应对策略,以计划行为理论为基础,对于有效的公共卫生干预和热预备至关重要.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
背景情况:
- 极端高温对健康构成重大风险,需要加强准备策略.
- 对各种利益相关者来说,传播有关热脆弱性的知识至关重要.
- 由于长时间暴露和有限的资源,无家可归的人群特别容易受到极端高温的影响.
研究的目的:
- 调查无家可归者对极端高温的风险感知和应对策略.
- 弥合关于无家可归者过度热的健康行为方面的研究差距.
- 应用计划行为理论 (TPB) 来理解这个人口中的避热意图.
主要方法:
- 开发了一种基于计划行为理论 (TPB) 的调查仪器.
- 收集了南卡罗来纳州哥伦比亚州无家可归人口的定量调查数据.
- 采用分层的多重回归模型来分析数据.
主要成果:
- 发现TPB变量可以预测无家可归的个体的避免热的意图.
- 该研究确定了无家可归者在炎热事件期间使用的常见应对策略.
- 结果突出了TPB构造对这个脆弱群体避热行为的影响.
结论:
- 了解风险感知和应对机制对于为无家可归者量身定制热干预措施至关重要.
- 计划行为理论为研究贫困人口中与热量相关的健康行为提供了一个有用的框架.
- 公共卫生从业者和社区官员可以利用这些见解来改善极端炎热期间对无家可归的人的直接参与和支持.
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