Knowledge of the Effects of Indoor Air Quality on Health among Women in Jordan

Autor/inn/en	Madanat, Hala; Barnes, Michael D.; Cole, Eugene C.
Titel	Knowledge of the Effects of Indoor Air Quality on Health among Women in Jordan
Quelle	In: Health Education & Behavior, 35 (2008) 1, S.105-118 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1090-1981
DOI	10.1177/1090198106287452
Schlagwörter	Sanitation; Health Education; Females; Foreign Countries; Pollution; Family Environment; Cultural Influences; Knowledge Level; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Case Studies; Questionnaires; Smoking; Children; Public Policy; Jordan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Betriebshygiene; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Ausland; Schadstoffbelastung; Familienmilieu; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Wissensbasis; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Fragebogen; Rauchen; Child; Kind; Kinder; Öffentliche Ordnung
Abstract	Objective: To assess the extent of knowledge about symptoms relating to respiratory illnesses and home environments among a random sample of 200 urban Jordanian women. Method: This customized, validated, cross-sectional questionnaire evaluated the knowledge of these women about the association between the indoor environment and health, the presence or absence of indoor discomforts, symptoms of respiratory illnesses, and behaviors related to the home environment such as cleaning practices. Results: Results showed an alarming rate of smoking in the homes; the extent of knowledge was moderate but higher among those exhibiting symptoms and those with children. Cleaning practices associated with healthy home environments were reported at a high rate but seemed to be based on cultural influences. Conclusions: This type of information is crucial to the formation of health education programs and policy recommendations for pollutant source and exposure reductions in homes in the Middle East and other developing countries. (Contains 6 tables.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10