Beck F, Richard J B, Deutsch A, Benmarhnia T, Pirard P, Roudier C, Peretti-Watel P
Institut national de prévention et d'éducation pour la sante (Inpes), 42, boulevard de la Libération, 93203 Saint-Denis cedex, France; Cermes3, équipe Cesames (centre de recherche médecine, sciences, santé, santé mentale, société, université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS UMR 8211, Inserm U988, EHESS), 45, rue des Saints-Pères, 75270 Paris cedex 06, France.
Cancer Radiother. 2013 Dec;17(8):744-9. doi: 10.1016/j.canrad.2013.06.044. Epub 2013 Nov 13.
Radon exposure is a major environmental risk in health. It remains badly known by the general population. It is the second cause of lung cancer, after tobacco smoking. The aim of this cross-sectional general population survey was to describe radon exposure risk knowledge and the socioeconomic factors related to this knowledge.
The Cancer Barometer survey 2010 questioned the French population about its knowledge of radon as such and as health risk factor. This survey was a two-stage random sampling with computer-assisted telephone interview that was performed from April 3, 2010 to August 7, 2010 on a sample of 3,359 people aged 15 to 75 years old.
Among people aged 15 to 75 years old, only one in five knows that radon is a natural gas coming from the ground. This knowledge is more frequent among people living in an area that is directly concerned by radon, among men and increases with age, with the level of education and the level of income. Radon risk remains still widely underestimated by the general public, including in areas concerned by this risk. When people were confronted with radon exposure, few intended to remedy by improving their home.
The success of prevention initiatives implies the support and the collaboration of various national and local actors. To improve their impact for the prevention of lung cancers, it could be more effective to couple these actions with prevention messages on tobacco.
氡暴露是健康领域的主要环境风险。公众对此仍知之甚少。它是仅次于吸烟的肺癌第二大病因。这项横断面的普通人群调查旨在描述氡暴露风险知识以及与该知识相关的社会经济因素。
2010年癌症晴雨表调查询问了法国民众对氡本身以及作为健康风险因素的了解情况。该调查采用两阶段随机抽样，通过计算机辅助电话访谈，于2010年4月3日至2010年8月7日对3359名年龄在15至75岁的人群进行了抽样调查。
在15至75岁的人群中，只有五分之一的人知道氡是一种来自地下的天然气。在直接受氡影响地区的居民、男性以及随着年龄、教育水平和收入水平的提高，这种认知更为普遍。公众对氡风险的低估仍然很严重，包括在受此风险影响的地区。当人们面临氡暴露时，很少有人打算通过改善家居环境来解决。
预防举措的成功需要国家和地方各行为体的支持与合作。为提高预防肺癌的效果，将这些行动与关于烟草的预防信息相结合可能会更有效。
