公众的知识,态度和实践如何与有关化物的科学证据相交
Christine Till1, Jana El-Sabbagh1, Carly Goodman1
1Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
概括
社区的化水提供了适度的牙效益,但引发了安全问题. 公众意见分歧,许多人优先考虑潜在的健康风险,而不是预防腔,强调需要更清晰地沟通化物暴露.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 毒理学 毒理学 毒理学
背景情况:
- 社区水的化一直是减少牙损伤的长期公共卫生战略.
- 最近的证据表明,化水的益处比以前想象的要小得多.
- 人们越来越担心质化和化物暴露对健康的潜在影响.
研究的目的:
- 讨论历史背景和当前关于社区化水的有效性和安全性的证据.
- 评估公众对社区水的化知识,看法和支持.
- 检查幼儿的化物使用习惯.
主要方法:
- 关于系统性化物有效性和安全性的历史和当前科学文献的审查.
- 在加拿大和美国对8011名成年人进行了一项关于化物知识和感知的调查.
- 分析有关公众支持,反对和对水化相关官员的信任的调查数据.
主要成果:
- 只有60%的受访者正确确定了化水的目的;根据人口统计数据,知识有所不同.
- 由于安全和自由问题,公众对社区化水的支持是混合的 (51%支持,27%反对,25%中立).
- 参与者优先考虑潜在的健康风险 (例如,智商降低) 而不是适度的牙益处,许多父母对儿童滥用化物牙膏.
结论:
- 关于社区化水的公众意见分歧,对其益处和风险存在重大知识差距.
- 安全问题和被认为侵犯个人自由的行为是反对化水的关键驱动力.
- 需要以证据为基础的沟通来解决公众的担忧,并提高对化物使用的理解,特别是在儿童方面.
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