Cognitive Interview Validation of a Novel Household Hazard Vulnerability Assessment Instrument

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• Personal Author:
  Amberson T ; Castner J ; Ndayishimiye O ; Yellow Cloud Q
• Description:
  Background: Weather and climate disasters are responsible for over 13 000 US deaths, worsened morbidity, and $1.7 trillion in additional costs over the last 40 years with profound racial disparities. Objectives: This project empirically generated items for a novel survey instrument of household hazard vulnerability with initial construct validation while addressing racial bias in the data collection process. Methods: Cognitive interviews facilitated understanding regarding the performance of drafted survey questions with transdisciplinary expert panelists from diverse US regions on unique hazard/disaster/event items. To prevent representation bias in data collection, those with Black and/or African American racial, biracial, or multiracial identities were over-sampled. Interview video recordings were qualitatively analyzed using thematic and pattern coding. Results: A cognitive process mapped to themes of disaster characteristics, resources, individual life facets, and felt effects was revealed. We identified 379 unique instances of linked terms as synonyms, co-occurring, compounding, or cascading events. Potential for racial bias in data collection was elucidated. Analysis of radiation exposure, trauma, and criminal acts of intent items revealed participants may not interpret survey items with these terms as intended. Conclusion: Potential for racial bias exists relative to water dam failure, evacuation, external flood, suspicious packages/substances, and transportation failure. Hazard terms that were not interpreted as intended require further revision in the validation process of individual or household disaster vulnerability assessments. Several commonalities in the cognitive process and mapping of disaster terms may be utilized in disaster and climate change research aimed at the individual and household unit of analysis. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Climate Change Healthcare Disparities Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Analytical Methods Author Keywords: Disasters Climate Change Environmental Health Environment And Public Health Hazard Analysis Health Disparities Natural Disasters Qualitative Analysis Racial Bias Survey And Questionnaire Development Validation Studies

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• ISSN:
  0193-9459
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Maine ; New York ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  90-103
• Volume:
  46
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069090
• Citation:
  West J Nurs Res 2024 Feb; 46(2):90-103
• Contact Point Address:
  Taryn Amberson, University of Washington, Department of Health Systems and Population Health, 959 NE Pacific St., H-wing, Sixth Floor, Box 357660, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
• Email:
  amberson.taryn@gmail.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Western Journal of Nursing Research
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:943e73f0f0c1d4c397d8a9469fea72ecced8c8d217a82c2c41f2a00e84fab7e9e785157ef83d1af73759d1a9675dc36d5010e754f4b3c3eabfd0c11c6b20dab1
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/207636/cdc_207636_DS1.pdf
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