ArticleJournal of environmental health science & engineering2014
Perceived risk of exposure to indoor residential radon and its relationship to willingness to test among health care providers in Tehran.
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- Radon Exposure Assessment: IoT-Embedded Sensors.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Seasonal variation and structural influences on indoor radon exposure in residential buildings of Khuzestan Province.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Radon risk perception and barriers for residential radon testing in Southwestern Nigeria.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2020Article
- Indoor radon concentrations in residential houses, processing factories, and mines in Neyriz, Iran.Journal of environmental health science & engineering · 2019Article
- Confluent impact of housing and geology on indoor radon concentrations in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.The Science of the total environment · 2019Article
- Radon testing in rapid access lung clinics: an opportunity for secondary prevention.Irish journal of medical science · 2017Article
- Estimation of the residential radon levels and the annual effective dose in dwellings of Shiraz, Iran, in 2015.Electronic physician · 2016Article
- The health effects of radon and uranium on the population of Kazakhstan.Genes and environment : the official journal of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society · 2015Review
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Abstract
backgroundRadon exposure is the second cause of lung cancer after exposure to tobacco smoke and the first cause in nonsmokers. The purpose of this study was to assess perceived risk of exposure to indoor residential radon among health care providers in urban and rural health centers affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
methodIn 2012-2013, a survey was carried out on 462 health care providers to assess their awareness and risk perception about exposure to indoor residential radon. Only subjects who had previously heard about radon were asked to answer knowledge-based and risk perception questions and report source of knowledge, willingness to test and willingness to pay for radon test kits.
resultsAbout 67% of responders had heard about radon before this study and of these, 83.5 % recognized it as being hazardous and 34.5 % identified lung cancer as the main health outcome of exposure to radon. Overall, 33% of 310 subjects had knowledgeable awareness. Seventy percent of responders who had previously heard about radon, had high perceived risk and they were more willing to test their houses and more willing to pay for radon test kits.
conclusionHaving knowledge about radon and perceiving it as a risk had a significant association with willing to take relevant health related behaviors. Furthermore, risk perception contributes to willing to spend more money when health is a concern. Education of health care providers seems to be a pre-requisite to public campaigns on radon awareness and testing.
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