Pilot study of a community-based PM2.5 educational intervention: impacts on behavior, exposure, and pulmonary function
Hyung Doo Kim, Myung-Sook Park, Woo-Jin Kim, Jiho Lee, Myung Ho Lim, Sumi Chae, Dong-Wook Lee, Hwan-Cheol Kim · 2026
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Hyung Doo Kim's team piloted a local PM2.5 teaching program in 2026 for older adults in Incheon, South Korea, where fine particle contact threatens lungs and hearts. Fifty-nine adults aged sixty-five and older in a home visit program were placed by cluster to nurse-led teaching or usual care. The teaching group got hands-on training and text alerts, and know-how, habits, indoor air, and lung function were read at start and six weeks.
The teaching group improved lung capacity measures clearly and ended with lower indoor PM2.5 and fewer high-pollution spells than controls, while habit gains mostly favored teaching without reaching significance. Public health teams get a feasible, nurse-delivered model for protecting vulnerable elders. Larger random trials should confirm lung and exposure benefits.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hyung Doo Kim, Myung-Sook Park, Woo-Jin Kim, Jiho Lee, Myung Ho Lim, Sumi Chae, Dong-Wook Lee, Hwan-Cheol Kim |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 61 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |