弥合知识差距 - - 聚焦微塑料:评估医学学生对微塑料污染的认识
Süleyman Utku Uzun1, Onur Orhan2
1Epidemiology Division, Department of Public Health, Medical Faculty, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Türkiye.
International journal of environmental health research
|October 21, 2024
概括
医学学生对微塑料污染的意识中等至高,但在了解健康影响方面仍然存在差距. 针对性的教育对于未来的医疗保健专业人员来说至关重要,以解决这个环境和健康问题.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医疗教育 医学教育
背景情况:
- 微塑料污染是一个显著且不断升级的全球环境和健康问题.
- 了解公众意识,特别是未来的医疗保健专业人员,对于解决这个问题至关重要.
- 医学学生的知识库对于有效的公共卫生沟通和关于微塑料的干预策略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估帕穆卡莱大学医学学生对微塑料污染的认识水平.
- 确定影响医学学生对微塑料污染意识的因素.
- 评估当前信息来源的有效性,并确定教育差距.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及474名1年,3年和6年级医学学生的横截面研究于2023年6月进行.
- 为了收集数据,使用了26项调查问卷,其中包括14项微塑料污染意识量表 (MPAS).
- 进行了统计分析,以确定人口因素,知识和意识水平之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 总体平均MPAS得分为22.94±3.67,表明意识程度中等至高.
- 更高的意识与女性性别 (p=0.001),先前对微塑料的了解 (p<0.001) 和对健康风险的担忧 (p<0.001) 有关.
- 社交媒体成为49.2%的学生的主要信息来源,但关于健康影响的重大知识差距仍然存在.
结论:
- 虽然医学学生表现出对微塑料污染的基本意识,但在了解相关健康风险方面存在重大缺陷.
- 诸如性别,先前接触该主题以及感知到的健康风险等因素会影响意识水平.
- 显然需要有针对性的教育干预措施,以提高医学学生对微塑料健康影响的理解,为应对这一环境挑战做好准备.
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