KNOWLEDGE OF, AND ATTITUDES TO, INDOOR AIR POLLUTION IN KUWAITI STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND UNIVERSITY FACULTY.

The concentrations of air pollutants in residences can be many times those in outside air, and many of these pollutants are known to have adverse health consequences. Despite this, there have been very few attempts to delineate knowledge of, and attitudes to, indoor air pollution. This study aimed t...

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Publicado en:College Student Journal Vol. 43; no. 4; pp. 1306 - 1313
Autores principales: Khamees, Nedaa A. Al., Alamari, Hanaa
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Publicado: Project Innovation Austin LLC Dec2009 Part B
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          Khamees, Nedaa A. Al.
          Alamari, Hanaa
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        Indoor air pollution
        Kuwaitis
        University faculty
        Student attitudes
        High school students
        Teacher attitudes
        Women college students
        Personality tests
        Pearson-Marr Archetype Indicator
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          Indoor air pollution
          Kuwaitis
          University faculty
          Student attitudes
          High school students
          Teacher attitudes
          Women college students
          Personality tests
          Pearson-Marr Archetype Indicator
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        air pollution
        indoor air pollution
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      ab: The concentrations of air pollutants in residences can be many times those in outside air, and many of these pollutants are known to have adverse health consequences. Despite this, there have been very few attempts to delineate knowledge of, and attitudes to, indoor air pollution. This study aimed to establish the knowledge of, and attitudes to, indoor air pollution in high school students and teachers, and in university students and faculty members, in Kuwait. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to a representative sample of high school students and teachers and of university students and faculty members. Overall mean values for knowledge and attitudes were 7.78/19 (41%) and 3.86/5 respectively, indicating a low knowledge and sub-optimal attitude. Teachers were significantly more knowledgeable than students at both secondary (OR 2.9) and university (OR 1.8) levels. Overall, books were the chief source of knowledge (57.4%) and family the lowest (25.4%). Females had significantly higher scores for attitude than did males (OR 1.6), and secondary school teachers than students (OR 1.9). There was a highly significant Pearson correlation (0.34, p <0.001) between knowledge and attitude.
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