全球随机对照试验的知识翻译儿童的环境健康
Rivka Green1, Christine Till2, Jana El-Sabbagh2
1The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Frontiers in public health
|April 4, 2025
概括
公众对有毒化学物质对儿童大脑发育的风险的认识很低. 视频提高了知识,但成本等系统障碍阻碍了行为改变,以减少儿童的暴露.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 有毒化学物质对儿童的神经发育构成风险.
- 公众对这些风险和有效的风险降低策略的了解有限.
研究的目的:
- 评估公众对有毒化学物质对儿童大脑发育的影响的知识.
- 评估视频干预在增加知识和促进行为改变方面的有效性.
- 确定减少儿童暴露在有毒化学物质中的障碍.
主要方法:
- 在五个国家对15594名参与者的调查中,使用儿童环境中有毒化学品预防工具 (PRoTECT) 评估了知识.
- 参与者被随机分配观看教育视频或对照条件.
- 在6周的随访中,对一小部分 (n=4,842) 的行为变化和医疗保健提供者的咨询进行了调查.
主要成果:
- 观看视频显著增加了PRoTECT分数,表明知识增强.
- 更多的先前知识与偏好预防和减少暴露相关.
- 虽然在随访时没有发现行为变化的群体差异,但三分之二的人报告做出了改变,一半的人打算咨询医疗保健提供者.
结论:
- 教育干预可以提高有关有毒化学品风险的知识.
- 系统性障碍,包括产品成本和可访问性,阻碍了实际的行为改变.
- 需要进一步的研究来解决这些障碍,并支持有效减少暴露.
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