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Principal components analysis to identify influences on research communication and engagement during an environmental disaster
OBJECTIVES: To discern community attitudes towards research engagement in Libby, Montana, the only Superfund site for which a public health emergency has been declared. STUDY DESIGN: Survey study of convenience samples of residents near the Libby, Montana Superfund site. PARTICIPANTS: Residents of t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4985910/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27507235 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012106 |
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author | Winters, Charlene A Moore, Colleen F Kuntz, Sandra W Weinert, Clarann Hernandez, Tanis Black, Brad |
author_facet | Winters, Charlene A Moore, Colleen F Kuntz, Sandra W Weinert, Clarann Hernandez, Tanis Black, Brad |
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description | OBJECTIVES: To discern community attitudes towards research engagement in Libby, Montana, the only Superfund site for which a public health emergency has been declared. STUDY DESIGN: Survey study of convenience samples of residents near the Libby, Montana Superfund site. PARTICIPANTS: Residents of the Libby, Montana area were recruited from a local retail establishment (N=120, survey 1) or a community event (N=127, survey 2). MEASURES: Two surveys were developed in consultation with a Community Advisory Panel. RESULTS: Principal components of survey 1 showed four dimensions of community members' attitudes towards research engagement: (1) researcher communication and contributions to the community, (2) identity and affiliation of the researchers requesting participation, (3) potential personal barriers, including data confidentiality, painful or invasive procedures and effects on health insurance and (4) research benefits for the community, oneself or family. The score on the first factor was positively related to desire to participate in research (r=0.31, p=0.01). Scores on factors 2 and 3 were higher for those with diagnosis of asbestos-related disease (ARD) in the family (Cohen's d=0.41, 0.57). Survey 2 also found more positive attitudes towards research when a family member had ARD (Cohen's d=0.48). CONCLUSIONS: Principal components analysis shows different dimensions of attitudes towards research engagement. The different dimensions are related to community members' desire to be invited to participate in research, awareness of past research in the community and having been screened or diagnosed with a health condition related to the Superfund contaminant. |
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spelling | pubmed-49859102016-08-19 Principal components analysis to identify influences on research communication and engagement during an environmental disaster Winters, Charlene A Moore, Colleen F Kuntz, Sandra W Weinert, Clarann Hernandez, Tanis Black, Brad BMJ Open Public Health OBJECTIVES: To discern community attitudes towards research engagement in Libby, Montana, the only Superfund site for which a public health emergency has been declared. STUDY DESIGN: Survey study of convenience samples of residents near the Libby, Montana Superfund site. PARTICIPANTS: Residents of the Libby, Montana area were recruited from a local retail establishment (N=120, survey 1) or a community event (N=127, survey 2). MEASURES: Two surveys were developed in consultation with a Community Advisory Panel. RESULTS: Principal components of survey 1 showed four dimensions of community members' attitudes towards research engagement: (1) researcher communication and contributions to the community, (2) identity and affiliation of the researchers requesting participation, (3) potential personal barriers, including data confidentiality, painful or invasive procedures and effects on health insurance and (4) research benefits for the community, oneself or family. The score on the first factor was positively related to desire to participate in research (r=0.31, p=0.01). Scores on factors 2 and 3 were higher for those with diagnosis of asbestos-related disease (ARD) in the family (Cohen's d=0.41, 0.57). Survey 2 also found more positive attitudes towards research when a family member had ARD (Cohen's d=0.48). CONCLUSIONS: Principal components analysis shows different dimensions of attitudes towards research engagement. The different dimensions are related to community members' desire to be invited to participate in research, awareness of past research in the community and having been screened or diagnosed with a health condition related to the Superfund contaminant. BMJ Publishing Group 2016-08-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4985910/ /pubmed/27507235 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012106 Text en Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/ This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Public Health Winters, Charlene A Moore, Colleen F Kuntz, Sandra W Weinert, Clarann Hernandez, Tanis Black, Brad Principal components analysis to identify influences on research communication and engagement during an environmental disaster |
title | Principal components analysis to identify influences on research communication and engagement during an environmental disaster |
title_full | Principal components analysis to identify influences on research communication and engagement during an environmental disaster |
title_fullStr | Principal components analysis to identify influences on research communication and engagement during an environmental disaster |
title_full_unstemmed | Principal components analysis to identify influences on research communication and engagement during an environmental disaster |
title_short | Principal components analysis to identify influences on research communication and engagement during an environmental disaster |
title_sort | principal components analysis to identify influences on research communication and engagement during an environmental disaster |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4985910/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27507235 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012106 |
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