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ArticlePublic health nursing (Boston, Mass.)

Householder status and residence type as correlates of radon awareness and testing behaviors.

Laura S Larsson, Wade G Hill, Tamara Odom-Maryon, Paul Yu

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  1. Radon testing and mitigation: an intervention in a primary care setting.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2012
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Laura S LarssonSherrick Hall, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA. llarsson@montana.edu
Wade G Hill
Tamara Odom-Maryon
Paul Yu

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Reducing Environmental Risk to Rural Low Income FamiliesR01NR009239 · NINR · WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY · PI BUTTERFIELD, PATRICIA G · 2005 to 2008
$2.1M
NINR NIH HHS 1 RO1 NR009239-01A1NINR NIH HHS R01 NR009239
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe primary aim of this research was to assess radon awareness and testing across 2 housing types. DESIGN AND SAMPLE: Cross-sectional prevalence study with time trends. National, probabilistic sample of 18,138 and 29,632 respondents from the 1994 and 1998 National Health Interview Surveys, respectively.

resultsOdds ratio (OR) estimates confirmed that occupants of single family homes/townhomes were twice as likely to have ever heard of radon (1994: OR=2.18; confidence intervals [CI]=2.01-2.36) (1998: OR=2.26; CI=2.09-2.44) and also more likely to know if their household air had been tested for radon (1994: OR=2.04; CI=1.57-2.65) (1998: OR=1.38; CI=1.19-1.59) as occupants of apartments/condominiums. Time trend analyses revealed that radon awareness improved from 69.4% to 70.7% and home testing among those with knowledge of radon increased from 9.7% to 15.5% over the 4-year period.

conclusionsHousing type provided fairly stable estimates of radon awareness and testing. Findings demonstrate that housing status may be a useful variable to differentiate risk for radon awareness and testing. Public health nurses should consider their client's housing type when assessing families for environmental risks.

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AwarenessHousingCross-Sectional StudiesInterviews as TopicOdds RatioRadonSocial ClassRadon

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PMID19706121
PMCPMC4550217

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