Leibniz Science Campus Digital Public Health Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany.
Institute of Public Health and Nursing Research, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Apr 14;19(8):4752. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19084752.
Individuals' perceived fairness or justice beliefs are related to health in numerous ways. However, environment justice research to date has given little attention to perceived fairness of environmental exposures as experienced by individuals. This study explored the feasibility of a bottom-up digital participatory (via mobile phones) approach using ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to capture individuals' subjective experience of environmental exposures and the subjective evaluation of fairness by those affected in the context of Nepal. In total, 22 individuals participated in the study for 28 days. The results show high rates of study retention and adherence. Individuals' justice perception was found to vary within and between individuals, but also substantially depending on the types of environmental exposures. Nevertheless, the study indicates that uncertainties are inevitable as study design and timing may conflict participants' daily lives and priorities. The method allows us to consider multiple geographic contexts of individuals' everyday lives beyond residential environment. This pilot study proved the possibility to assess perceptions of environmental justice issues and demonstrated the necessary steps to using digital participatory method for assessing subjective perception of fairness of individuals.
个体对公平或正义的感知与健康有着诸多关联。然而，迄今为止，环境正义研究很少关注个人所经历的环境暴露的感知公平性。本研究探讨了一种自下而上的数字参与式（通过手机）方法的可行性，该方法使用生态瞬时评估（EMA）来捕捉个体在尼泊尔背景下对环境暴露的主观体验以及受影响者对公平性的主观评价。共有 22 名参与者参与了为期 28 天的研究。结果显示，研究的保留率和依从率都很高。研究发现，个体的正义感知在个体内部和个体之间存在差异，但也在很大程度上取决于环境暴露的类型。然而，该研究表明，由于研究设计和时间可能与参与者的日常生活和优先事项发生冲突，因此不确定性是不可避免的。该方法使我们能够考虑个体日常生活的多个地理背景，而不仅仅是居住环境。这项初步研究证明了评估环境正义问题的感知的可能性，并展示了使用数字参与式方法评估个体对公平性的主观感知所需的步骤。
