Knowledge, attitude, and behavior to prevent environmental pollution problems in the people of Mueang Surin District, Surin Province

Abstract

Environmental pollution is currently having a significant impact on lifestyle and health. For people to safeguard themselves against environmental pollution, awareness is essential. Method: Six hundred residents in the Mueang Surin district of Surin province will have their knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors about environmental pollution prevention and its contributing causes measured in this cross-sectional survey. A questionnaire was utilized to gather data, which was then analyzed using multiple linear regression and descriptive statistics to look for relationships between the variables. Findings: The majority of the sample exhibited a high degree of attitude (mean = 52.59, SD = 6.77), knowledge (mean = 10.83, SD = 2.46), and intermediate levels of activities to minimize environmental pollution concerns (mean = 52.83, SD = 5.87). Receiving information from public health officials is the most favorable linked factor for knowledge (ꞵ=0.559), while the most unfavorable is receiving information from the Subdistrict Administrative Organization is the most unfavorable (ꞵ=-0.701). Receiving news via social media is the most positively correlated factor with attitude (ꞵ=2.28), whereas the length of time spent using social media to obtain environmental news is negatively correlated (ꞵ=-1.19). Receiving information from local law enforcement officials is the most favorable linked factor (ꞵ=8.488) for behavior connected to preventing environmental pollution, whereas receiving news from family members is the negative factor (ꞵ= -2.19). Conclusion: Learning from a public health officer, getting news from social media, and learning from a local officer are the factors that have the biggest impact on knowledge, attitude, and behavior. Thus, it is imperative that public health professionals and municipal officers take a leading role in advancing individuals' behavior, knowledge, and attitude.