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Can Apps Make Air Pollution Visible? Learning About Health Impacts Through Engagement with Air Quality Information

verfasst von: Magali A. Delmas, Aanchal Kohli

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Air pollution is one of the largest environmental health risks globally but is often imperceptible to people. Air quality smartphone applications (commonly called apps) provide real-time localized air quality information and have the potential to help people learn about the health effects of air pollution and enable them to take action to protect their health. Hundreds of air quality apps are now available; however, there is scant information on how effective these mobile apps are at educating stakeholders about air pollution and promoting behavioral change to protect their health. In this paper, we test how intrinsic and extrinsic motivations can enhance users’ engagement with air quality information through an app, and favor changes in protective behavior. We developed an air quality app, AirForU, with a built-in research study that was downloaded by 2740 users. We found that engagement was higher for users with intrinsic motivations, such as those who are health conscious, either because they are suffering from heart disease or other conditions aggravated by air pollution, or because they exercise frequently and want to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Extrinsic motivations such as notifications were also effective. App users stated that they frequently shared air quality information with others, learned about the Air Quality Index (AQI), and took measures to protect their health while using AirForU app.

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We asked additional questions about knowledge of air quality that are reported in “Appendix 3”.

The variance of the dependent variable Open app is 4.87766, that is to say about 12 times superior to the mean of 0.3887728. The variance of the dependent variable Talk to someone about air pollution is 0.0871683 that is about 2.6 time superior to the mean of 0.0329143.

Variance Inflated Factor = 1.26.

This survey was conducted towards the end of August 2017, almost 2 years after the app was launched. Two emails were sent to app users a few days soliciting feedback.

One of the reasons for the low response rate is because feedback was solicited almost 2 years after the app was launched by which time many of the users had disengaged from the app.

They argued that this was an air quality app and therefore the public information we disclosed on total Toxic Releases from the surrounding facilities, should include exclusively air pollution data rather than waste, water and air pollution.

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Titel: Can Apps Make Air Pollution Visible? Learning About Health Impacts Through Engagement with Air Quality Information
verfasst von: Magali A. Delmas
Aanchal Kohli
Publikationsdatum: 13.06.2019
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Journal of Business Ethics / Ausgabe 2/2020
Print ISSN: 0167-4544
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-0697
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-019-04215-7

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