Knowledge of, and Attitudes to, Indoor Air Pollution in Kuwaiti Students, Teachers and University Faculty

Autor/inn/en	Al Khamees, Nedaa A.; Alamari, Hanaa
Titel	Knowledge of, and Attitudes to, Indoor Air Pollution in Kuwaiti Students, Teachers and University Faculty
Quelle	In: College Student Journal, 43 (2009) 4, S.1306-1312 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0146-3934
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Secondary School Teachers; Pollution; High School Students; Knowledge Level; College Faculty; College Students; Attitude Measures; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Questionnaires; Access to Information; Gender Differences; Conservation (Environment); Hazardous Materials; Kuwait + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Schadstoffbelastung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Wissensbasis; Fakultät; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Fragebogen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Hazardous substance; Gefahrstoff
Abstract	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 suboptimal 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 less than 0.001) between knowledge and attitude. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10