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Title: | Participant Experiences in a Human Biomonitoring Study: Follow-Up Interviews with Participants of the Flemish Environment and Health Study | Authors: | Morrens, Bert Jonker, Hans Den Hond, Elly Coertjens, Dries Colles, Ann Van Larebeke, Nicolas NAWROT, Tim Covaci, Adrian Nelen, Vera Vandermoere, Frederic Loots, Ilse Schoeters, Greet |
Issue Date: | 2021 | Publisher: | MDPI | Source: | Toxics, 9 (4) , (Art N° 69) | Abstract: | Communicating individual human biomonitoring results to study participants has been the subject of debate for some time. This debate is dominated by ethical considerations from a researchers' perspective on whether or not to communicate, thereby overlooking more practice-based questions from a participants' perspective on what and how to communicate. We conducted a small scale follow-up study based on eleven face-to-face interviews with mothers participating in the third cycle of the Flemish Environment and Health Study (FLEHS III 2012-2015) to investigate how they experienced and interpreted individual biomonitoring results. Key findings indicate that respondents were generally satisfied with participating in the biomonitoring study, but the report-back process especially lacked contextualized information and interactive communication options to better comprehend and cope with personal results. These findings also argue in favor of a more tailored approach in which report-back methods, formats and content are diversified according to the type of results and the preferences of participants. A reflexive research practice with active engagement in follow-up research is crucial to improve participants' understanding and use of personal biomonitoring results. | Notes: | Morrens, B (corresponding author), Univ Antwerp, Fac Social Sci, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium. bert.morrens@uantwerpen.be; hans.jonker@uantwerpen.be; elly.denhond@provincieantwerpen.be; dries.coertjens@uantwerpen.be; ann.colles@vito.be; greet.schoeters@vito.be; nicolas.vanlarebeke@ugent.be; tim.nawrot@uhasselt.be; adrian.covaci@uantwerpen.be; vera.nelen@provincieantwerpen.be; frederic.vandermoere@uantwerpen.be; ilse.loots@uantwerpen.be |
Other: | Morrens, B (corresponding author), Univ Antwerp, Fac Social Sci, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium. bert.morrens@uantwerpen.be; hans.jonker@uantwerpen.be; elly.denhond@provincieantwerpen.be; dries.coertjens@uantwerpen.be; ann.colles@vito.be; greet.schoeters@vito.be; nicolas.vanlarebeke@ugent.be; tim.nawrot@uhasselt.be; adrian.covaci@uantwerpen.be; vera.nelen@provincieantwerpen.be; frederic.vandermoere@uantwerpen.be; ilse.loots@uantwerpen.be | Keywords: | human biomonitoring;risk communication;research participation;environmental health;report-back;participant experiences | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/34070 | e-ISSN: | 2305-6304 | DOI: | 10.3390/toxics9040069 | ISI #: | WOS:000643672200001 | Rights: | 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2022 |
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