Gao Jinghong, Xu Guozhang, Ma Wenjun, Zhang Yong, Woodward Alistair, Vardoulakis Sotiris, Kovats Sari, Wilkinson Paul, He Tianfeng, Lin Hualiang, Liu Tao, Gu Shaohua, Wang Jun, Li Jing, Yang Jun, Liu Xiaobo, Li Jing, Wu Haixia, Liu Qiyong
State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China.
Ningbo Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Ningbo 315010, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 Mar 13;14(3):298. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14030298.
Limited information is available on the perceptions of stakeholders concerning the health co-benefits of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of urban residents on the health co-benefits involving GHG abatement and related influencing factors in three cities in China. Beijing, Ningbo and Guangzhou were selected for this survey. Participants were recruited from randomly chosen committees, following quotas for gender and age in proportion to the respective population shares. Chi-square or Fisher's exact tests were employed to examine the associations between socio-demographic variables and individuals' perceptions of the health co-benefits related to GHG mitigation. Unconditional logistic regression analysis was performed to investigate the influencing factors of respondents' awareness about the health co-benefits. A total of 1159 participants were included in the final analysis, of which 15.9% reported that they were familiar with the health co-benefits of GHG emission reductions. Those who were younger, more educated, with higher family income, and with registered urban residence, were more likely to be aware of health co-benefits. Age, attitudes toward air pollution and governmental efforts to improve air quality, suffering from respiratory diseases, and following low carbon lifestyles are significant predictors of respondents' perceptions on the health co-benefits. These findings may not only provide information to policy-makers to develop and implement public welcome policies of GHG mitigation, but also help to bridge the gap between GHG mitigation measures and public engagement as well as willingness to change health-related behaviors.
关于利益相关者对温室气体（GHG）减排的健康协同效益的看法，现有信息有限。本研究的目的是调查中国三个城市的城市居民对涉及温室气体减排的健康协同效益及其相关影响因素的看法。本调查选取了北京、宁波和广州。参与者从随机选择的社区招募，按照性别和年龄配额，使其与各自的人口比例相符。采用卡方检验或费舍尔精确检验来考察社会人口统计学变量与个人对与温室气体减排相关的健康协同效益的看法之间的关联。进行无条件逻辑回归分析以调查受访者对健康协同效益认知的影响因素。最终分析共纳入1159名参与者，其中15.9%的人表示他们熟悉温室气体减排的健康协同效益。年龄较小、受教育程度较高、家庭收入较高以及具有城市户籍的人更有可能知晓健康协同效益。年龄、对空气污染的态度和政府改善空气质量的努力、患有呼吸系统疾病以及遵循低碳生活方式是受访者对健康协同效益看法的重要预测因素。这些发现不仅可为政策制定者制定和实施受公众欢迎的温室气体减排政策提供信息，还有助于弥合温室气体减排措施与公众参与以及改变与健康相关行为的意愿之间的差距。
