Impact of Air Pollution in Urban Areas: Knowledge and Attitudes of Parents towards Environmental Health Mitigation of Children in the Jakarta City
Dwi Atmanto- Elvyra Yulia, Eti Herawati

Environmental Education Study Program, Postgraduate Program, Universitas Negeri Jakarta

Abstract

Air pollution in big cities like Jakarta has an impact on health and the economy, which is detrimental to the community, especially children. This air pollution is very worrying, while areas of potential air pollution are facilities that are often visited by children, such as roads around schools and playgrounds. This research aims to determine the relationship between the knowledge and attitudes of parents in mitigating children^s environmental health and the impact of air pollution. The research method is a quantitative correlational survey. The research location is in the city of Jakarta in people who live near roads or areas affected by air pollution. The number of respondents was 75 parents who had children aged 5-17 years. Data was collected using SPSS. The results of the research show that (1) there is a relationship between parental knowledge about air pollution and children^s environmental health mitigation (0.00 < 0.05), (2) there is a relationship between attitudes and children^s environmental health mitigation (0.00 < 0.05), (3) there is a relationship between desire acting on air pollution on mitigating children^s environmental health (0.002 < 0.05), and (4) there is a relationship between knowledge of the impact of air pollution, air pollution attitudes, and the desire to act on mitigating urban air pollution together on parental behavior in mitigating children^s environmental health (0.00 < 0.05), with an influence contribution of 54.8%. Almost all respondents (90%) agreed that improving air quality is the responsibility of every citizen. Resources must be allocated to educate citizens about air pollution issues with appropriate practices to help reduce the adverse impacts on their families, especially children^s environmental health.

Keywords: Knowledge, air pollution, attitudes, behavior, parents, mitigation, health, environment, children

Topic: Chemistry