The Impact of Higher Education on Environmental Risk Perceptions

Durmuş-Özdemir, Eren; Şener, Sevinç

doi:10.17265/1537-1514/2016.09.005

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“…As expected, the internet and social networks were the most used sources of information, in agreement with other surveys on similar populations (Bilgin et al, 2016;Durmuş-Özdemir and Şener, 2016;Zhang et al, 2013). This predominance was even more evident for the humanities students and for females, as reported in other studies (Escoffery et al, 2005;Fox, 2011;Rice, 2006;Horgan and Sweeney, 2012), although in the whole population and about health in general (EU, 2014) no difference were found by gender.…”

Section: Sources Of Information and Mass Media And Social Media Coveragesupporting

confidence: 91%

“…Studies on environmental health risk perception have often focused on specific groups of populations such as people living in polluted areas (Signorino and Beck, 2014;Coi et al, 2016;Kuroda, 2018), and high school or university students have also frequently been involved (Yapici et al, 2017;Durmuş-Özdemir and Şener, 2016;Weber et al, 2000;Bilgin et al, 2016;Young et al, 2015). This is due to educational reasons and given that young people studying at a high level will likely be the future educators and decision makers.…”

Section: Study Population: Socio-demographic Characteristics and Healmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Environment and health: Risk perception and its determinants among Italian university students

Carducci

Fiore

Azara

et al. 2019

Science of The Total Environment

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Among the determinants of environmental health risk perception, health literacy and social media messages have been generally neglected. This study details the environmental health risk perception and its determinants in Italian university students, including a measure of functional health literacy and an analysis of newspapers and social media. A cross sectional survey was carried out among students from 15 Italian universities and different disciplines (grouped into Scientific-Health and Humanistic-Legal-Social sectors) using a self-administered anonymous questionnaire, divided into six sections: socio-demographic characteristics, information on health and environment, environmental health risk perception, trust, attitudes and behaviors and functional health literacy. Local newspapers and tweets in the same areas and period were analyzed in relation to quantity and topics. The study population included 4778 students (65.1% female) aged 21 ± 4.3 years, and functional health literacy was low (below the cutoff value) for 44.4% of students.A new outcome of the survey is that the detected association between high functional health literacy a higher global health risk perception and trust in institutions both as sources of information and as actors for protection against environmental risks.The internet and social networks were the most frequently consulted sources of information (77.7%), which was predictive of a higher risk perception. The possible relation between environmental health risk perception and tweet communication was highlighted by a comparison between the risk perception in the city with the highest number of tweets (Modena) and another one similar for socio-demographic characteristics (Pisa). In conclusion, the results of our study may be of help to strengthen information and education ⁎ 2Science of the Total Environment xxx (xxxx) xxx-xxx programs: functional health literacy should be taken into account in school programs, to produce a basic knowledge for a better understanding of health and environment. Moreover, mass and social media should be included in planning communication intervention and in verifying their results.

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Section: Sources Of Information and Mass Media And Social Media Coveragesupporting

confidence: 91%

Section: Study Population: Socio-demographic Characteristics and Healmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environment and health: Risk perception and its determinants among Italian university students

Carducci

Fiore

Azara

et al. 2019

Science of The Total Environment

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“…This result, in line with what has previously been described in the literature, suggests that educational qualifications may increase people's perceptions of environmental risks. Thus, subjects with a higher level of education perceive environmental risks to be higher [7,46,47]. Furthermore, the lowest RP values found in Crotone could be attributed to the fact that the three industrial plants have been disused since 1990 [32].…”

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confidence: 97%

Measuring Risk Perception in Pregnant Women in Heavily Polluted Areas: A New Methodological Approach from the NEHO Birth Cohort

Ruggieri

Maltese

Drago

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Risk perception (RP) evaluation during pregnancy and its relationship with lifestyles are considered useful tools for understanding communities living in high-risk areas and preventing dangerous exposure. It is well known that exposure to pollutants and less-healthy lifestyles may result in increased disease occurrence during life. Our work investigated environmental RP through ad hoc questionnaires administered to 611 mothers within the NEHO birth cohort, recruited in three heavily contaminated areas of Southern Italy. Four different RP indices, an exploratory factorial analysis (EFA), and a latent class analysis were evaluated from questionnaires. The highest values of risk perception index were observed in the Milazzo site (0.64 ± 0.16) and the lowest in the Crotone site (0.5 ± 0.18). EFA revealed four latent factors, including different items describing environmental pollution, and subjects were classified into four latent classes with different RP indices. Significant RP profiles were different among the sites (p < 0.001). Our results did not demonstrate any association between RP and lifestyles during pregnancy. Improving healthy lifestyle behaviours, particularly in polluted areas, would generate co-benefits by preventing further risk factors. As remediation interventions can take a long time, it needs to improve healthy lifestyles in residents until remediation is completed.

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“…The students who participated in the research stated that taking at least one environmental course during their university education affected all aspects of their environmental risk perceptions (Durmuş-Özdemir & Şener, 2016).…”

Section: Environmental Identitymentioning

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A Research on the Environmental Identities and Environmental Risk Perceptions of Classroom and Science Teachers According to Different Variables

Yaşaroğlu¹

2022

IJPES

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Environmental identity in human environmental behaviour expresses the extent to which the person relates to the environment while defining himself or herself. The relationship between human and the environment is mutual, and human's understanding of environment is essential to the environment. Perception of environmental risk is subjective because it is about personal view of environmental risk. The purpose of this study is to evaluate classroom teachers' and science teachers' perceptions of environmental risks based on several variables. For this purpose, a total of 309 classroom and science teachers participated in the study. The instruments used for data collection were the Environmental Identity Scale and the Environmental Risk Perception Scale. Both descriptive and inferential analyses were conducted on the data obtained. The analyses conducted revealed that environmental identity and environmental risk perception were high among teachers, there were no differences between subjects, and there was a positive relationship between environmental identity and environmental risk perception.

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The Impact of Higher Education on Environmental Risk Perceptions

Cited by 7 publications

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Environment and health: Risk perception and its determinants among Italian university students

Environment and health: Risk perception and its determinants among Italian university students

Measuring Risk Perception in Pregnant Women in Heavily Polluted Areas: A New Methodological Approach from the NEHO Birth Cohort

A Research on the Environmental Identities and Environmental Risk Perceptions of Classroom and Science Teachers According to Different Variables

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