Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Mol, Belgium.
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Vienna, Austria.
Int J Public Health. 2022 Apr 22;67:1604559. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2022.1604559. eCollection 2022.
Radon, a radioactive gas, is among the leading causes of lung-cancer worldwide. While public health authorities emphasize radon's health risks, there are spas across Europe which claim health benefits of radon. This study investigates how websites of European radon spas frame radon gas, in order to understand the potential controversy between "radon as carcinogen" and "radon as cure," and its potential impact on public health interventions. A two-phased frame analysis of websites of radon spas ( = 26) situated in the European Union. Five frames are identified, which present radon as a 1) source of health, 2) natural gas, 3) (non) risk, 4) luxury and 5) fountain of youth. These five partly overlapping frames are at times in clear contrast with the ways in which radon is presented in a public health context. Being aware of the existence and contents of radon frames, which potentially challenge or contradict public health interventions, helps responsible authorities in designing more effective campaigns and interventions.
氡，一种放射性气体，是世界范围内导致肺癌的主要因素之一。尽管公共卫生当局强调氡的健康风险，但欧洲仍有许多温泉浴场声称氡具有健康益处。本研究调查了欧洲氡温泉浴场网站如何构建氡气，以了解“氡致癌”和“氡治疗”之间的潜在争议，及其对公共卫生干预措施的潜在影响。对位于欧盟的氡温泉浴场（=26）网站进行了两阶段的框架分析。确定了五个框架，将氡呈现为 1）健康之源，2）天然气，3）（非）风险，4）奢华和 5）青春之泉。这些五个部分重叠的框架有时与氡在公共卫生背景下的呈现方式形成鲜明对比。意识到可能挑战或与公共卫生干预措施相矛盾的氡框架的存在和内容，有助于责任当局设计更有效的宣传和干预措施。
