Iligan city ambient air pollution: knowledge, awareness, perception and health risk assessment among street vendors and security personnel – JBES

By: BGN Gerodias

Abstract

Roadside vendors and security personnel assigned outside commercial establishments are at most risk to traffic-related air pollutants. This study evaluates the knowledge and perception of this high risk population by means of a question-guided interview. A significant number of the subjects (88.10%) reported to be aware of air pollution, but 18.92% of the said population has misconceptions about air pollution. Assessment of the occurrence of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases was done through history taking and physical examination conducted by health clinicians and was determined to be of no definite association (p-values ranging 0.2979 – 0.8750) between the occurrence of these conditions with the constant exposure of ambient air pollution.

Author Information:

BGN Gerodias, LAL Quitos, LDL Maratas

Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science and Mathematics, Mindanao State University, Iligan Institute of Technology, Iligan City, Philippines

College of Medicine, Mindanao State University, Iligan City, Philippines

Key words: Air pollution, Awareness, Perception, Health risk assessment.