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Limited availability of health risk communication related to community smoke exposure from prescribed burns in the United States: a review

Year of Publication
2024
Publication Type
Journal Article

Prescribed burns are used to maintain wildland ecosystems and decrease fuel loads and associated wildfire hazard. Prescribed burns may produce enough smoke to cause adverse health outcomes. The aim of this review is to understand what communication materials exist for disseminating health risk information related to prescribed burn smoke and challenges to developing such communication.

NWFSC Research Brief #1: Traversing Through the Haze - Exploring the Human Perspective of Smoke from Fire

Year of Publication
2013
Product Type
Research Brief

How does this smoke affect people? Do people know where the smoke comes from and does such knowledge affect their attitude towards it? Do concerns about smoke preclude the use of prescribed fire? Gaining insight into public attitudes toward smoke is important in making decisions regarding its management. To investigate these questions, we conducted a mail survey of households in four sites across the US in 2012. Nearly 1000 people responded to the survey.

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