Table 4. Environmental literacy and screening practices by whether subjects had read the environmental committee opinion.
Characteristic | Value | Yes n = 36 Number (% of total) |
No n = 254 Number (% of total) |
p |
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Do you routinely screen new patients for any of the following? (Choose all that apply) |
Prenatal vitamin use | 35(97) | 229(90) | 0.222 |
Supplement use | 36(100) | 182(72) | < .001 | |
Tobacco use | 36(100) | 251(99) | .99 | |
Alcohol use | 36(100) | 245(96) | 0.385 | |
Exercise habits | 28(78) | 180(71) | 0.436 | |
Dietary habits | 27(75) | 157(62) | 0.142 | |
Domestic abuse | 27(75) | 192(76) | .99 | |
Fish intake | 12(33) | 60(24) | 0.219 | |
Occupational exposures | 14(39) | 53(21) | 0.021 | |
Environmental chemicals | 10(28) | 24(10) | 0.004 | |
Other | 3(8) | 8(3) | 0.144 | |
Which of the following environmental exposures do you routinely ask your patients about? (Choose all that apply) |
Lead exposure | 10(28) | 29(11) | 0.012 |
Mercury exposure | 8(22) | 31(12) | 0.116 | |
Pesticide use | 8(22) | 15(6) | 0.003 | |
Occupational exposure | 18(50) | 73(29) | 0.013 | |
Air pollution exposure | 5(14) | 24(10) | 0.552 | |
Plastics for food storage | 3(8) | 2(1) | 0.015 | |
Water source | 2(6) | 10(4) | 0.65 | |
Personal care products | 5(14) | 17(7) | 0.168 | |
Household cleaners | 5(14) | 11(4) | 0.035 | |
Knowledge to counsel environmental chemicals/adverse health | 5(14) | 4(2) | 0.002 | |
Training to discuss with a patient how to reduce exposure | 4(11) | 25(10) | 0.99 | |
Know where to refer a patient | 16(44) | 63(25) | 0.017 | |
Comfort obtaining environmental history? | 8(23) | 35(14) | 0.16 | |
Environmental exposure survey? | 7(19) | 37(15) | 0.606 |
Values reported are frequency and column percentage. N = 22 providers not responding to read exposure to exposure to toxic environmental agents question omitted