Understanding Perceptions of Health Risk and Behavioral Responses to Air Pollution in the State of Utah (USA)

Poor air quality in Utah creates an array of economic, environmental, and health-related impacts that merit investigation and informed political responses. Air pollution is known to cause a variety of health problems, ranging from increased rates of asthma to cardiovascular and lung disease. Our res...

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Autores principales:	Tabitha M. Benney, Devon Cantwell, Phillip Singer, Linda Derhak, Samuel Bey, Zahra Saifee
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	risk perception health risks air pollution socioeconomic status education long-term Meteorology. Climatology QC851-999
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d58ef7d3f8fa474ebd675b96858db57c2021-11-25T16:43:51ZUnderstanding Perceptions of Health Risk and Behavioral Responses to Air Pollution in the State of Utah (USA)10.3390/atmos121113732073-4433https://doaj.org/article/d58ef7d3f8fa474ebd675b96858db57c2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/12/11/1373https://doaj.org/toc/2073-4433Poor air quality in Utah creates an array of economic, environmental, and health-related impacts that merit investigation and informed political responses. Air pollution is known to cause a variety of health problems, ranging from increased rates of asthma to cardiovascular and lung disease. Our research investigates the extent of Utahn’s understanding of the health risks associated with long-term and short-term impacts of air quality. To assess the degree to which Utahn’s perceive the health risks of air pollution, we performed an ordinal logistic regression analysis using responses to the Utah Air Quality Risk and Behavioral Action Survey, a representative panel survey administered between November 2018 and January 2020 (<i>n</i> = 1160), to determine how socioeconomic status impacts risk perception. Socioeconomic status is not a predictor of perceiving air’s short-term risks to health. Those with more conservative political orientation, as well as those with higher religiosity scores, were less likely than those with more liberal political orientation or those with lower religiosity scores to strongly agree that air pollution poses short-term health risks. We find that for short-term health risks from air pollution, Utahns in the middle-income category are more likely than those in the low-income category to strongly agree that air pollution poses long-term health risks. In addition, those with more conservative political orientation were less likely than those with more liberal political orientation to strongly agree that air pollution poses long-term health risks.Tabitha M. BenneyDevon CantwellPhillip SingerLinda DerhakSamuel BeyZahra SaifeeMDPI AGarticlerisk perceptionhealth risksair pollutionsocioeconomic statuseducationlong-termMeteorology. ClimatologyQC851-999ENAtmosphere, Vol 12, Iss 1373, p 1373 (2021)
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topic	risk perception health risks air pollution socioeconomic status education long-term Meteorology. Climatology QC851-999
spellingShingle	risk perception health risks air pollution socioeconomic status education long-term Meteorology. Climatology QC851-999 Tabitha M. Benney Devon Cantwell Phillip Singer Linda Derhak Samuel Bey Zahra Saifee Understanding Perceptions of Health Risk and Behavioral Responses to Air Pollution in the State of Utah (USA)
description	Poor air quality in Utah creates an array of economic, environmental, and health-related impacts that merit investigation and informed political responses. Air pollution is known to cause a variety of health problems, ranging from increased rates of asthma to cardiovascular and lung disease. Our research investigates the extent of Utahn’s understanding of the health risks associated with long-term and short-term impacts of air quality. To assess the degree to which Utahn’s perceive the health risks of air pollution, we performed an ordinal logistic regression analysis using responses to the Utah Air Quality Risk and Behavioral Action Survey, a representative panel survey administered between November 2018 and January 2020 (<i>n</i> = 1160), to determine how socioeconomic status impacts risk perception. Socioeconomic status is not a predictor of perceiving air’s short-term risks to health. Those with more conservative political orientation, as well as those with higher religiosity scores, were less likely than those with more liberal political orientation or those with lower religiosity scores to strongly agree that air pollution poses short-term health risks. We find that for short-term health risks from air pollution, Utahns in the middle-income category are more likely than those in the low-income category to strongly agree that air pollution poses long-term health risks. In addition, those with more conservative political orientation were less likely than those with more liberal political orientation to strongly agree that air pollution poses long-term health risks.
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author	Tabitha M. Benney Devon Cantwell Phillip Singer Linda Derhak Samuel Bey Zahra Saifee
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title	Understanding Perceptions of Health Risk and Behavioral Responses to Air Pollution in the State of Utah (USA)
title_short	Understanding Perceptions of Health Risk and Behavioral Responses to Air Pollution in the State of Utah (USA)
title_full	Understanding Perceptions of Health Risk and Behavioral Responses to Air Pollution in the State of Utah (USA)
title_fullStr	Understanding Perceptions of Health Risk and Behavioral Responses to Air Pollution in the State of Utah (USA)
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title_sort	understanding perceptions of health risk and behavioral responses to air pollution in the state of utah (usa)
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
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Understanding Perceptions of Health Risk and Behavioral Responses to Air Pollution in the State of Utah (USA)

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