Department of Public Health, School of Health Sciences, Ashkelon Academic College, Ashkelon 78211, Israel.
School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba 8410501, Israel.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Apr 16;16(8):1359. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16081359.
The livestock industry has numerous and diverse impacts on the environment. In a cross-sectional study using an online questionnaire, 361 students were asked about their knowledge, attitudes, and behavior related to the environmental impact caused by livestock industry. The data were analyzed using correlations, -tests for independent samples, and linear regression models. We found that students have almost no knowledge about the environmental impact of the food they consume, their attitudes are moderately pro-environmental, yet they are not strict about pro-environmental behavior. Students with higher levels of environmental knowledge demonstrated more pro-environmental attitudes and behavior; attitudes mediate the relationship between level of knowledge and behavior with respect to environmental pollution caused by the livestock industry. In addition, participants that rear/reared animals demonstrated more knowledge and pro-environmental attitudes and behavior, and women demonstrated more pro-environmental attitudes and behavior than men. There is a need to raise awareness of the environmental and health impacts caused by livestock industry. An introductory course on environmental science should be integrated into different academic study programs. Further research should be conducted among additional population sectors.
畜牧业对环境有着众多且多样的影响。本研究采用横断面调查设计,通过在线问卷调查的方式,调查了 361 名学生与畜牧业对环境影响相关的知识、态度和行为。采用相关分析、独立样本 t 检验和线性回归模型进行数据分析。结果发现,学生对其消费的食物所产生的环境影响几乎没有任何了解,他们的态度在一定程度上是有利于环境保护的,但在环保行为方面却不够严格。环境知识水平较高的学生表现出更有利于环境保护的态度和行为;态度在知识水平和行为与畜牧业造成的环境污染之间的关系中起中介作用。此外,饲养动物的参与者表现出更多的知识和有利于环境保护的态度和行为,女性表现出比男性更有利于环境保护的态度和行为。需要提高人们对畜牧业造成的环境和健康影响的认识。应该将环境科学入门课程纳入不同的学术学习计划中。应在其他人群中开展进一步的研究。
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