TY - JOUR
T1 - Co-Designing Communication: A Design Thinking Approach Applied to Radon Health Communication
AU - Apers, Sofie
AU - Vandebosch, Heidi
AU - Perko, Tanja
AU - Zeleznik, Nadja
N1 - Score=10
PY - 2023/3/11
Y1 - 2023/3/11
N2 - Indoor radon is a natural radioactive gas and is one of the leading causes of lung cancer. Despite multiple policy and communication interventions to increase radon testing and mitigation,
the uptake of these measures remains insufficient. A participatory research design was applied in Belgium and Slovenia to probe the barriers and facilitators homeowners experience regarding
radon protective behavior on the one hand and co-designing communication tools on the other hand. The results show that there remains a need for interventions on all levels (i.e., policy, economic interventions, and communication). Moreover, results indicated a need for a communication strategy that follows the different steps between awareness and performing mitigation measures. Further, involving the target group in the early stages of intervention design was beneficial. Future research is needed to test the effectiveness of the proposed communication strategies in a controlled setting.
AB - Indoor radon is a natural radioactive gas and is one of the leading causes of lung cancer. Despite multiple policy and communication interventions to increase radon testing and mitigation,
the uptake of these measures remains insufficient. A participatory research design was applied in Belgium and Slovenia to probe the barriers and facilitators homeowners experience regarding
radon protective behavior on the one hand and co-designing communication tools on the other hand. The results show that there remains a need for interventions on all levels (i.e., policy, economic interventions, and communication). Moreover, results indicated a need for a communication strategy that follows the different steps between awareness and performing mitigation measures. Further, involving the target group in the early stages of intervention design was beneficial. Future research is needed to test the effectiveness of the proposed communication strategies in a controlled setting.
KW - Radon
KW - Persuasive communication
KW - Participatory design
KW - Co-design
KW - Health intervention
UR - https://ecm.sckcen.be/OTCS/llisapi.dll/open/54343498
U2 - 10.3390/ijerph20064965
DO - 10.3390/ijerph20064965
M3 - Article
VL - 20
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
SN - 1660-4601
IS - 6
M1 - 4965
ER -