Designing a survey to assess potential for public behavior change during a wildfire smoke event
Hi,
We are interested in conducting a survey of the general public in our county to better understand what actions people take (or don't take!) to protect their health during a smoke event caused by wildfire. I'm new to this topic and just starting to get into the literature; I am hoping folks in this group might be able to point me in the right direction. I'd like to know if others have done surveys, and the types of questions and wordings they have used. If you know of any, can you please share our way?
We're specifically interested in:
1) Assessing understanding of within-home resources (such as air filters) and gaps/needs where funding might be put to best use
2) Understanding how and why (and tipping points...) people change their daily patterns and behaviors in response to smoke events
3) Whether (and, if 'yes', why? at at what threshold?) parents change the usual activities of their children during smoke events
4) Whether people would use clean air shelters if they were available, and which factors would be important to people to decide to use them
The goals of the survey are to: 1) understand where funding would be most usefully placed for health protection; and 2) gently educate (with strategically worded questions :) ) survey takers of ways to protect their health during an event (there is currently a lot of misinformation out there!)
Thank you very much for any ideas!
Rachel Curtis-Robles, PhD
Epidemiologist
We are interested in conducting a survey of the general public in our county to better understand what actions people take (or don't take!) to protect their health during a smoke event caused by wildfire. I'm new to this topic and just starting to get into the literature; I am hoping folks in this group might be able to point me in the right direction. I'd like to know if others have done surveys, and the types of questions and wordings they have used. If you know of any, can you please share our way?
We're specifically interested in:
1) Assessing understanding of within-home resources (such as air filters) and gaps/needs where funding might be put to best use
2) Understanding how and why (and tipping points...) people change their daily patterns and behaviors in response to smoke events
3) Whether (and, if 'yes', why? at at what threshold?) parents change the usual activities of their children during smoke events
4) Whether people would use clean air shelters if they were available, and which factors would be important to people to decide to use them
The goals of the survey are to: 1) understand where funding would be most usefully placed for health protection; and 2) gently educate (with strategically worded questions :) ) survey takers of ways to protect their health during an event (there is currently a lot of misinformation out there!)
Thank you very much for any ideas!
Rachel Curtis-Robles, PhD
Epidemiologist