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The Analysis with Quantitative Indexes for Public’s Awareness of Radiation Knowledge in Taiwan

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  • Chen-Ju Feng

    (Medical Physics and Radiation Measurements Laboratory, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112304, Taiwan
    Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112304, Taiwan
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Yuan-Chun Lai

    (Department of Radiation Oncology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua 500209, Taiwan
    Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung 406053, Taiwan)

  • Shen-Hao Lee

    (Department of Radiation Oncology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 333423, Taiwan
    Chinese Society of Medical Physics, Taipei 110301, Taiwan)

  • Ke-Yu Lien

    (Medical Physics and Radiation Measurements Laboratory, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112304, Taiwan
    Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112304, Taiwan)

  • Ching-Yu Tseng

    (Medical Physics and Radiation Measurements Laboratory, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112304, Taiwan
    Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112304, Taiwan)

  • Ni-Shan Wu

    (Medical Physics and Radiation Measurements Laboratory, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112304, Taiwan
    Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112304, Taiwan)

  • Chiung-Ju Liang

    (Graduated Institute of Management, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106335, Taiwan)

  • Chin-Hui Wu

    (Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Tzu-Chi University of Science and Technology, Hualien 970302, Taiwan
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Shih-Ming Hsu

    (Medical Physics and Radiation Measurements Laboratory, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112304, Taiwan
    Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112304, Taiwan
    Chinese Society of Medical Physics, Taipei 110301, Taiwan
    Graduated Institute of Management, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106335, Taiwan)

Abstract

(1) Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the radiation awareness level of the public in Taiwan. (2) Methods: This study designed an online survey form to investigate the radiation awareness level with six topics: basic knowledge of radiation, environmental radiation, medical radiation, radiation protection, and university/corporate social responsibility. The score of respondents were converted into knowledge and responsibility indexes for the quantitative evaluation. Logistic regression was used to assess the correlation between the knowledge index and individual factors. Paired t -test was used to assess the significant difference in knowledge index between pre-training and post-training. (3) Results: The knowledge index of each job category reflected the proportion of radiation awareness of the job. The logistic regression result indicated that radiation-related people could get higher knowledge index. The paired t -test indicated that the knowledge index before and after class had significant differences in all question topics. (4) Conclusions: The public’s awareness of medical radiation was the topic that needed to be strengthened the most—the responses with high knowledge index significantly correlated with their experience in radiation education training or radiation-related jobs. It significantly increased the knowledge index of radiation if the public received radiation education training.

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  • Chen-Ju Feng & Yuan-Chun Lai & Shen-Hao Lee & Ke-Yu Lien & Ching-Yu Tseng & Ni-Shan Wu & Chiung-Ju Liang & Chin-Hui Wu & Shih-Ming Hsu, 2022. "The Analysis with Quantitative Indexes for Public’s Awareness of Radiation Knowledge in Taiwan," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(20), pages 1-9, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:20:p:13422-:d:945159
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