title: [Change in awareness of waste reduction as observed among female students attending a college of nursing].
abstract: We conducted a survey from 1999 to 2004 of female students attending a college of nursing, regarding their awareness of the municipal waste reduction policy as well as the problems caused by dioxins. The questionnaire survey showed that over the six years a majority of students supported a stricter waste-sorting policy. The students were willing to sort waste in more minute details. Only a handful of students was aware of the municipal government's waste-reduction campaign. Furthermore, the students' awareness regarding problems caused by dioxins was high, but decreased from 94.7% in 1999 to 76.5% in 2004, with more than 90.0% of the students recognizing that it is necessary to reduce the total amount of waste in order to decrease dioxin emission from incineration plants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Science, Kobe City College of Nursing, Nishi-ku, Kobe 651-2103, Japan.
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanno
authors.forename: Saori
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watabe
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: Seishi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kadowaki
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakata
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires