ASRT, Inc., assigned to Mycotic Diseases Branch, Division of Foodborne, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop H24-9, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA.
Houston Health Department, 901 Bagby Street, Houston, TX, 77002, USA.
BMC Public Health. 2022 Jun 15;22(1):1194. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13603-0.
Among people affected by Hurricane Harvey, we assessed experiences and perceptions (e.g., knowledge, attitudes, and practices) regarding mold and its impact on health and elicited participants' opinions about how to improve public health messaging about indoor mold after a large flooding event.
Houston Health Department conducted four focus groups with 31 Houston metropolitan area residents during January to March 2020, using a semi-structured discussion guide and federal communication materials about indoor mold. Drawing from a theoretical framework analysis, transcripts were grouped into relevant themes using inductive and deductive coding.
Hurricane Harvey had a large impact on participants' living standards, and widespread financial barriers to remediation led to long-term mold exposure for many participants. Knowledge about mold's impact on health and proper mold clean-up practices varied, and clean-up behaviors did not commonly align with federal guidance. Participants generally preferred traditional forms of outreach, such as in-person, radio, and television announcements, to communicate public health messaging.
More strategic dissemination of expanded public health educational materials about proper mold clean-up practices and the health risks of mold exposure following flooding events is needed.
在受飓风哈维影响的人群中，我们评估了他们对霉菌及其对健康影响的体验和看法（例如知识、态度和实践），并征求了参与者对如何在大型洪水事件后改进有关室内霉菌的公共卫生信息传递的意见。
休斯顿卫生局在 2020 年 1 月至 3 月期间，使用半结构化讨论指南和有关室内霉菌的联邦传播材料，对休斯顿大都市区的 31 名居民进行了四次焦点小组讨论。根据理论框架分析，使用归纳和演绎编码将转录本分为相关主题。
飓风哈维对参与者的生活水平产生了重大影响，而修复工作的广泛经济障碍导致许多参与者长期暴露于霉菌中。参与者对霉菌对健康的影响以及正确的霉菌清理实践的知识存在差异，清理行为通常与联邦指南不一致。参与者普遍更喜欢传统形式的外联方式，例如面对面、广播和电视公告，以传播公共卫生信息。
需要更有策略地传播有关正确清理霉菌和洪水事件后霉菌暴露健康风险的扩展公共卫生教育材料。
