Health Literacy and Environmental Risks Focusing Air Pollution: Results from a Cross-Sectional Study in Germany
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Measures
2.3. Analytic Procedure
3. Results
3.1. Sociodemographic Characteristics of the Study Population
3.2. Information Sources, Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior Related to Environmental Issues
3.3. Association between Health Literacy and Environmental Issues
4. Discussion
4.1. Discussion of the Results
4.2. Limitations
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | HL | |
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HL | 1 | |
Self-assessed knowledge on: | heat | 0.18 *** |
storms and floods | 0.22 *** | |
UV radiation | 0.23 *** | |
air pollution | 0.19 *** | |
pollen | 0.19 *** |
Model 1 | Model 2 | |||||||||
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Est. | SE | t-Value | p-Value | β | Est. | SE | t-Value | p-Value | β | |
Intercept | 9.73 | 0.95 | 10.187 | <0.001 | - | 8.79 | 1.12 | 7.85 | <0.001 | - |
School/university | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.94 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.76 | 0.45 | - |
At work/collegues | 0.21 | 0.14 | 1.45 | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0.18 | 0.14 | 1.26 | 0.21 | - |
Occupational physician | −0.41 | 0.27 | −1.55 | 0.12 | −0.10 | −0.39 | 0.27 | −1.44 | 0.15 | - |
Information brochures | 0.09 | 0.16 | 0.58 | 0.56 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.46 | 0.64 | - |
Family/friends | −0.07 | 0.17 | −0.41 | 0.68 | −0.02 | −0.04 | 0.17 | −0.21 | 0.83 | - |
Family doctor | 0.15 | 0.15 | 1.00 | 0.32 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.16 | 0.59 | 0.56 | - |
Newspaper | 0.35 | 0.15 | 2.37 | 0.02 * | 0.15 | 0.29 | 0.15 | 1.89 | 0.06 | - |
Commercial | −0.32 | 0.15 | −2.15 | 0.03 * | −0.12 | −0.27 | 0.16 | −1.71 | 0.09 | - |
Internet | 0.19 | 0.19 | 1.06 | 0.29 | 0.07 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 1.10 | 0.27 | - |
Apps | 0.02 | 0.12 | 0.19 | 0.85 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.26 | 0.79 | - |
Age | 0.02 | 0.02 | 1.41 | 0.16 | - |
Pathway | Effect | Coef. | 95% CI | |
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a1 | Age → Newspaper | direct | 0.2683 *** | 0.0199; 0.0415 |
a2 | Age → Commercial | direct | −0.1740 *** | −0.0272; −0.0077 |
b1 | Newspaper → HL | direct | 0.1846 *** | 0.1807; 0.6587 |
b2 | Commercial → HL | direct | −0.1340 * | −0.6128; −0.0807 |
a1b1 | Age → Newspaper → HL | indirect | 0.0496 | 0.0198; 0.0845 |
a2b2 | Age → Commercial → HL | indirect | 0.0233 | 0.0043; 0.0482 |
c’ | Age → HL | direct | 0.0173 | −0.0095; 0.0441 |
c | Age →→ HL | IE overall | 0.0728 ** | 0.0331; 0.1162 |
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Pfleger, E.; Drexler, H.; Lutz, R. Health Literacy and Environmental Risks Focusing Air Pollution: Results from a Cross-Sectional Study in Germany. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21, 366. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21030366
Pfleger E, Drexler H, Lutz R. Health Literacy and Environmental Risks Focusing Air Pollution: Results from a Cross-Sectional Study in Germany. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2024; 21(3):366. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21030366
Chicago/Turabian StylePfleger, Elisabeth, Hans Drexler, and Regina Lutz. 2024. "Health Literacy and Environmental Risks Focusing Air Pollution: Results from a Cross-Sectional Study in Germany" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 21, no. 3: 366. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21030366