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Air Pollution Interventions: Implementation Research and Data Driven Studies

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2021) | Viewed by 10560

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

According to the 2018 World Health Organization Air Pollution and Health, over 4 million annual premature deaths are caused by air pollution (both household and ambient combined). The burden of disease is highest in lower and middle income countries (LMICs). For example, in LMICs 50% of child pneumonia deaths are attributed to air pollution. The sources of air pollution typically include burning biomass for cooking and heating, burning trash, burning agricultural fields, vehicle exhaust, industrial burning including brick kilns, coal-fired power generating plants, and dust. Developing strategies to reduce these sources, including considering alternatives and mitigating the health impacts of low air quality, is crucial to improving air quality. Air quality has been improved in numerous locations, but the solutions to air pollution are contextually specific. Thus, implementation research and strong data analytics are key approaches for improving air quality. Although air quality improvements occur through technical alternatives to high pollutant combustion, other programmatic elements such as building community support and rational policy development are necessary to influence the transition to less polluting fuels and processes and should be considered in this Special Issue.

Studies of interest can be along the continuum of intervention, including program development, pilot studies, adapting to new contexts, and evaluation. Specific examples are

  • Theory-based identification of barriers and development of interventions;
  • Pilot studies and rapid testing including trials of improved practice;
  • Structured adaption and scaling of known intervention strategies;
  • Experimental and quasi experimental studies with behavioral, implementation, and health outcomes;
  • Using large data sets to inform hypothesis development.

This Special Issue is open to the subject areas of air pollution and health, with a focus on implementation research and data-driven studies. The keywords listed below provide an outline of some of the possible areas of interest.

Dr. Helen Petach
Dr. Gila Neta
Dr. Matthew Freeman
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2500 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • Air pollution
  • Clean fuels
  • Clean cooking
  • Pneumonia
  • Burning biomass
  • Implementation research

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What Predicts Korean Citizens’ Mask-Wearing Behaviors? Health Beliefs and Protective Behaviors against Particulate Matter
by Jarim Kim and Yerim Kim
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(6), 2791; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph18062791 - 10 Mar 2021
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Air pollution has become a critically important contemporary issue, exposing people to various health risks worldwide. Air pollution problems cannot be resolved in the short-term; therefore, citizens in regions with low air quality are encouraged to take protective actions such as wearing masks [...] Read more.
Air pollution has become a critically important contemporary issue, exposing people to various health risks worldwide. Air pollution problems cannot be resolved in the short-term; therefore, citizens in regions with low air quality are encouraged to take protective actions such as wearing masks to filter particulate matter. However, compliance with such recommendations is limited. To enhance the effectiveness of health promotion in this regard, this study applied the health belief model to examine the factors that affect mask-wearing behaviors. It also investigates the factors that influence particulate matter-related health beliefs and protective behaviors. A cross-sectional survey with 200 Korean citizens was conducted. The results revealed associations between masking behaviors and both perceived benefits of and perceived physical barriers to wearing masks. In addition, sex, education, income, and having heard of different particulate matter-related health consequences were found to predict mask-wearing. This study demonstrates the utility of the health belief model in the context of air pollution and has practical implications for health promotion practitioners. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Air Pollution Interventions: Implementation Research and Data Driven Studies)
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The Dually Negative Effect of Industrial Polluting Enterprises on China’s Air Pollution: A Provincial Panel Data Analysis Based on Environmental Regulation Theory
by Shoujun Lyu, Xingchi Shen and Yujie Bi
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(21), 7814; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph17217814 - 26 Oct 2020
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Although the Chinese government has promulgated a series of policies to mitigate air pollution, the air quality in a number of Chinese cities still has the potential to be improved. As the major source of air pollution, enterprises in the industrial and energy [...] Read more.
Although the Chinese government has promulgated a series of policies to mitigate air pollution, the air quality in a number of Chinese cities still has the potential to be improved. As the major source of air pollution, enterprises in the industrial and energy sectors are the most difficult to regulate in terms of polluting emissions. This paper aims to investigate what factors influence the intensity of environmental regulations on polluting enterprises based on environmental regulation theory and an empirical test. Firstly, this article builds a theoretic model of optimal regulation supply for local governments in order to examine the relationship between factors influencing the intensity of environmental regulation. Secondly, we use provincial panel data from 2008 to 2015 to test the theoretical hypothesis and use the generalized method of moments (GMM), the two-stage least squares (2SLS) method to address the endogeneity issue. The main finding of the study is that, in regions with a high concentration of polluting enterprises, not only is there more air pollution than in other regions, but the local governments might show partiality towards the polluting enterprises, which could impede the implementation of environmental regulation. Full article
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Effectiveness of Gas and Chimney Biomass Stoves for Reducing Household Air Pollution Pregnancy Exposure in Guatemala: Sociodemographic Effect Modifiers
by Laura M. Grajeda, Lisa M. Thompson, William Arriaga, Eduardo Canuz, Saad B. Omer, Michael Sage, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, Joe P. Bryan and John P. McCracken
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(21), 7723; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph17217723 - 22 Oct 2020
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Household air pollution (HAP) due to solid fuel use during pregnancy is associated with adverse birth outcomes. The real-life effectiveness of clean cooking interventions has been disappointing overall yet variable, but the sociodemographic determinants are not well described. We measured personal 24-h PM [...] Read more.
Household air pollution (HAP) due to solid fuel use during pregnancy is associated with adverse birth outcomes. The real-life effectiveness of clean cooking interventions has been disappointing overall yet variable, but the sociodemographic determinants are not well described. We measured personal 24-h PM2.5 (particulate matter <2.5 µm in aerodynamic diameter) thrice in pregnant women (n = 218) gravimetrically with Teflon filter, impactor, and personal pump setups. To estimate the effectiveness of owning chimney and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) stoves (i.e., proportion of PM2.5 exposure that would be prevented) and to predict subject-specific typical exposures, we used linear mixed-effects models with log (PM2.5) as dependent variable and random intercept for subject. Median (IQR) personal PM2.5 in µg/m3 was 148 (90–249) for open fire, 78 (51–125) for chimney stove, and 55 (34–79) for LPG stoves. Adjusted effectiveness of LPG stoves was greater in women with ≥6 years of education (49% (95% CI: 34, 60)) versus <6 years (26% (95% CI: 5, 42)). In contrast, chimney stove adjusted effectiveness was greater in women with <6 years of education (50% (95% CI: 38, 60)), rural residence (46% (95% CI: 34, 55)) and lowest SES (socio-economic status) quartile (59% (95% CI: 45, 70)) than ≥6 years education (16% (95% CI: 22, 43)), urban (23% (95% CI: −164, 42)) and highest SES quartile (−44% (95% CI: −183, 27)), respectively. A minority of LPG stove owners (12%) and no chimney owner had typical exposure below World Health Organization Air Quality guidelines (35 μg/m3). Although having a cleaner stove alone typically does not lower exposure enough to protect health, understanding sociodemographic determinants of effectiveness may lead to better targeting, implementation, and adoption of interventions. Full article
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Air-Pollution Control in an Emergent Market: Does It Work? Evidence from Romania
by Ionica Oncioiu, Tatiana Dănescu and Maria-Alexandra Popa
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(8), 2656; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph17082656 - 13 Apr 2020
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Economic development in a national and international context must be based on a sustainability strategy established on the systemic interaction between the economic, sociocultural, and ecological environments. Today, the world is confronted by many challenges related to climate change and natural-resource flows, including [...] Read more.
Economic development in a national and international context must be based on a sustainability strategy established on the systemic interaction between the economic, sociocultural, and ecological environments. Today, the world is confronted by many challenges related to climate change and natural-resource flows, including waste streams resulting from economic activity. The need for national and European environmental standards and the work of an environment monitoring authority to reduce air pollution are highlighted by economic and industrial activities. Thus, our research focused on determining if emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen (NO2), and particulate matter 10 (PM10) are influenced by planned and unplanned inspections made by competent authorities from Romania. We built a regression model that estimates the influence of economic measures imposed by the authorities on reducing industrial air pollution. Preliminary results showed that the number of inspections negatively influences air pollution, indicating that national and local authorities in Romania are striving to maintain air quality and are conducting more inspections when air pollution is high. Full article
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