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Investigating awareness, fear and control associated with norovirus and other pathogens and pollutants using best–worst scaling
Pollutants found in the water and air environment represent an ever-growing threat to human health. Contact with some air-, water- and foodborne pathogens (e.g. norovirus) results in gastrointestinal diseases and outbreaks. For future risk mitigation, we aimed to measure people’s awareness of waterb...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8160009/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34045602 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90704-7 |
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author | Farkas, Kata Green, Emma Rigby, Dan Cross, Paul Tyrrel, Sean Malham, Shelagh K. Jones, David L. |
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description | Pollutants found in the water and air environment represent an ever-growing threat to human health. Contact with some air-, water- and foodborne pathogens (e.g. norovirus) results in gastrointestinal diseases and outbreaks. For future risk mitigation, we aimed to measure people’s awareness of waterborne and foodborne norovirus relative to other environment-associated pollutants (e.g. pesticides, bioaerosols, antibiotic resistant bacteria) and well-known risks (e.g. diabetes, dementia, terrorist attack). We used an online survey, which included a best–worst scaling component to elicit personal levels of control and fear prompted by norovirus relative to 15 other risks. There was a negative correlation between levels of fear vs. control for all 16 measured risks. Perceived infection control levels were higher amongst women compared to men and correlated with age and the level of qualification in both groups. Participants who had sought advice regarding the symptoms caused by norovirus appeared to have more control over the risks. Norovirus is associated with high levels of fear, however, the levels of control over it is low compared to other foodborne illnesses, e.g. Salmonella. Addressing this deficit in the public’s understanding of how to control exposure to the pathogen in an important health need. |
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spelling | pubmed-81600092021-05-28 Investigating awareness, fear and control associated with norovirus and other pathogens and pollutants using best–worst scaling Farkas, Kata Green, Emma Rigby, Dan Cross, Paul Tyrrel, Sean Malham, Shelagh K. Jones, David L. Sci Rep Article Pollutants found in the water and air environment represent an ever-growing threat to human health. Contact with some air-, water- and foodborne pathogens (e.g. norovirus) results in gastrointestinal diseases and outbreaks. For future risk mitigation, we aimed to measure people’s awareness of waterborne and foodborne norovirus relative to other environment-associated pollutants (e.g. pesticides, bioaerosols, antibiotic resistant bacteria) and well-known risks (e.g. diabetes, dementia, terrorist attack). We used an online survey, which included a best–worst scaling component to elicit personal levels of control and fear prompted by norovirus relative to 15 other risks. There was a negative correlation between levels of fear vs. control for all 16 measured risks. Perceived infection control levels were higher amongst women compared to men and correlated with age and the level of qualification in both groups. Participants who had sought advice regarding the symptoms caused by norovirus appeared to have more control over the risks. Norovirus is associated with high levels of fear, however, the levels of control over it is low compared to other foodborne illnesses, e.g. Salmonella. Addressing this deficit in the public’s understanding of how to control exposure to the pathogen in an important health need. Nature Publishing Group UK 2021-05-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8160009/ /pubmed/34045602 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90704-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Farkas, Kata Green, Emma Rigby, Dan Cross, Paul Tyrrel, Sean Malham, Shelagh K. Jones, David L. Investigating awareness, fear and control associated with norovirus and other pathogens and pollutants using best–worst scaling |
title | Investigating awareness, fear and control associated with norovirus and other pathogens and pollutants using best–worst scaling |
title_full | Investigating awareness, fear and control associated with norovirus and other pathogens and pollutants using best–worst scaling |
title_fullStr | Investigating awareness, fear and control associated with norovirus and other pathogens and pollutants using best–worst scaling |
title_full_unstemmed | Investigating awareness, fear and control associated with norovirus and other pathogens and pollutants using best–worst scaling |
title_short | Investigating awareness, fear and control associated with norovirus and other pathogens and pollutants using best–worst scaling |
title_sort | investigating awareness, fear and control associated with norovirus and other pathogens and pollutants using best–worst scaling |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8160009/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34045602 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90704-7 |
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