دورية أكاديمية
Risk perceptions of drinking bottled vs. tap water in a low-income community on the US-Mexico Border.
العنوان: | Risk perceptions of drinking bottled vs. tap water in a low-income community on the US-Mexico Border. |
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المؤلفون: | Victory KR; Department of Community, Environment, & Policy, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA., Wilson AM; Department of Community, Environment, & Policy, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA., Cabrera NL; Department of Educational Policy Studies and Practice, College of Education, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA., Larson D; Department of Community, Environment, & Policy, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA., Reynolds KA; Department of Community, Environment, & Policy, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA., Latura J; Mariposa Community Health Center, Nogales, USA., Beamer PI; Department of Community, Environment, & Policy, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA. pbeamer@arizona.edu. |
المصدر: | BMC public health [BMC Public Health] 2022 Sep 09; Vol. 22 (1), pp. 1712. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Sep 09. |
نوع المنشور: | Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
اللغة: | English |
بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 100968562 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1471-2458 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14712458 NLM ISO Abbreviation: BMC Public Health Subsets: MEDLINE |
أسماء مطبوعة: | Original Publication: London : BioMed Central, [2001- |
مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Drinking Water*, Educational Status ; Hispanic or Latino ; Humans ; Mexico ; Poverty |
مستخلص: | Background: Previous studies have shown that low-income Latinos generally drink bottled water over tap water and might be at increased risks for cavities from unfluoridated bottled water. In order to better design interventions, it is important to understand the risk perceptions of this unique high-risk yet historically marginalized group. Methods: We interviewed low-income Latino households (n = 90) from Nogales, Arizona who primarily drink bottled water and asked them to evaluate potential health risks of drinking tap water compared to 16 other voluntary activities. Unpaired t-tests were used to determine if statistically significant (α = 0.05) differences occurred in perceived risk by drinking-water source and differences among demographic groups in their level of (dis)agreement with statements regarding tap or bottled water safety. To assess significant differences (α = 0.05) in perceived risks and voluntariness to engage in a number of activities, including drinking local tap water and drinking water in different geographic regions, a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by Scheffe's post-hoc test (a conservative post-hoc test) with adjustment for the number of pairwise comparisons was used. Results: Participants viewed bottled water to be significantly safer to consume than tap water (p < 0.001). On a Likert scale from 1 (low risk) to 5 (high risk), "drinking tap water in Nogales, Arizona" received an average score of 4.7, which was significantly higher than the average perceived risk of drinking San Francisco, California tap water (µ = 3.4, p < 0.001), and as risky as drinking and driving (µ = 4.8, p = 1.00) and drinking Nogales, Sonora, Mexico tap water (µ = 4.8, p = 1.00). Ninety-eight percent of participants feared that drinking local tap water could result in illness, 79% did not drink their water because of fear of microbial and chemical contamination and 73% would drink their water if they knew it was safe regardless of taste. Conclusions: These results suggest that fear of illness from tap-water consumption is an important contributing factor to increased bottled water use. Future efforts should focus on the development of educational and outreach efforts to assess the safety and risks associated with tap-water consumption. (© 2022. The Author(s).) |
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معلومات مُعتمدة: | K25 HL103970 United States HL NHLBI NIH HHS; P30 ES006694 United States ES NIEHS NIH HHS |
فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: Border health; Bottled water; Latinos; Tap water; Water consumption; Water quality |
المشرفين على المادة: | 0 (Drinking Water) |
تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20220909 Date Completed: 20220913 Latest Revision: 20240904 |
رمز التحديث: | 20240904 |
مُعرف محوري في PubMed: | PMC9463786 |
DOI: | 10.1186/s12889-022-14109-5 |
PMID: | 36085148 |
قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
تدمد: | 1471-2458 |
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DOI: | 10.1186/s12889-022-14109-5 |