UK Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality Outreach

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<p>As a society, our individual choices and behaviour can have a significant impact on air quality. This is true for both the indoor and outdoor environments. Choices and behaviours are influenced by several factors including knowledge of and attitudes towards air quality and health. On an individual level, a pre-requisite to us adopting positive actions that may result in improved air quality, is the heightened awareness and knowledge of how our own behaviour may contribute. Although there are many sources of information (Defra, PHE, Royal Colleges, COMEAP, and charities have all published material on aspects) on the causes of poor air quality, the health impacts, related policy and mitigating actions, the available information can be highly detailed and/or aimed at specific audiences including specialists/professionals. While highly factual, the information can present barriers to wider access by both adults and children. Many local examples of information on air quality and health do also exist but wider universal resources are far from exhaustive. In this call we are seeking proposals that offer to develop a range of material aimed at providing a holistic resource(s) for a number of target audiences. Material will cover the causes, and implications of poor air quality; the actions available to reduce our exposure; and how we can improve air quality. The intention is for an easily accessible range of resources to be centrally located that informs and encourages a shift in comprehension of and general behaviour in relation to air quality. These resources will have a distinct and positive messaging approach on how we can improve air quality and build a clean air future. This outreach activity is an important area for development in the air quality community as it completes the cycle of translating knowledge and science into action, so increasing the relevance, applicability and impact of the research undertaken in the health and air quality disciplines. It will consist of two lots which will be complimentary, and bidders are welcome to bid for either or both.</p> Keywords: Grants