[Perception of environmental health risk among inhabitants of Katowice Urban Area].
The risk communication is very important for environmental health risk management and for need of credible and trustworthy sources of information. The aim of the study was to describe how occupational contact with chemicals affect to public risk perception among inhabitants of Katowice Urban Area. In 2000/2001 a cross-sectional questionnaire survey was carried out among 1984 respondents of whom, 532 respondents had an occupational contact with chemicals (28.1%). The results of this study will be helpful for rationalization of environmental health risk communication over employer as a credible source of information. Perception of environmental health risks is similar among people, who have contact with chemicals in the work-place and the others. The differences concerned the opinions on exposition in a work-place the awareness of occupational hazards and belief that harmful neighborhood of industrial investments were higher in people who have contact with chemicals than others (chi 2 = 26.91; p < 0.001 and chi 2 = 16.75; p < 0.001). Additionally it is necessary to notice that an employer is more credible for people who have occupational contact with chemicals than others (51.9% vs 48.1%).
Katedry Higieny i Epidemiologii, Slaskiej Akademii Medycznej w Katowicach. epikoma@poczta.onet.pl
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002617:Chemical Industry / Q000592:standards; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015386:Hazardous Substances / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D017132:Workplace / Q000592:standards
D015386:Hazardous Substances