{"id":104871,"date":"2019-08-02T13:45:42","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T18:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2019\/08\/02\/findings-at-a-glance-environmental-health-specialists\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:18:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:18:14","slug":"findings-at-a-glance-environmental-health-specialists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/science\/2019\/08\/02\/findings-at-a-glance-environmental-health-specialists\/","title":{"rendered":"Findings at a glance: Environmental health specialists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A majority of Americans have a positive overall view of environmental health scientists, though their opinions are more mixed when it comes to trust in them to do a good job, show concern for the community\u2019s interest and provide fair and accurate information. The public is skeptical when it comes to issues of scientific integrity, according to a new <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/science\/2019\/08\/02\/trust-and-mistrust-in-americans-views-of-scientific-experts\">Pew Research Center report<\/a>. Few are confident that environmental health specialists hold themselves accountable for mistakes or are transparent when it comes to potential conflicts of interest with industry, for instance.<\/p>\n\n<h4 id=\"overall-views\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overall views<\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-122642\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/science\/2019\/08\/02\/findings-at-a-glance-environmental-health-specialists\/ps_08-02-19_trust-in_-scientists_ataglance7-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"dde2e6\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #dde2e6;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"1190\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/07\/PS_08.02.19_trust.in_.scientists_ataglance7.png?resize=480,680 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/07\/PS_08.02.19_trust.in_.scientists_ataglance7.png?resize=782,1108 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/07\/PS_08.02.19_trust.in_.scientists_ataglance7.png?resize=840,1190 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-122642 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/07\/PS_08.02.19_trust.in_.scientists_ataglance7.png\" alt=\"Six-in-ten Americans have a positive view of environmental health specialists\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">60% of Americans have a positive view of environmental health specialists.<\/p>\n\n<h4 id=\"trust-and-mistrust\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trust and mistrust<\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About four-in-ten Americans say environmental health specialists care about the best interests of the people in the community they serve (43%) or do a good job providing recommendations about how to address risk to human health from the environment (39%) all or most of the time. About a third (35%) say these specialists provide fair and accurate information when making recommendations all or most of the time.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fewer than two-in-ten say environmental health specialists are transparent about potential conflicts of interest with industry groups (17%) and admit and take responsibility for mistakes (14%) all or most of the time.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About a third (36%) of Americans think professional misconduct is at least a moderately big problem among environmental health specialists. Just 11% think environmental health specialists usually face serious consequences when misconduct occurs.<\/p>\n\n<h4 id=\"other-notable-findings\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other notable findings<\/h4>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Just 12% say they know a lot about what environmental health specialists do, and 63% say they know a little.<\/li>\n<li>People who are more familiar with environmental health specialists tend to have more positive and trusting views of them than people who lack familiarity. For example, 60% of those who know a lot about environmental health specialists think this group cares about the community\u2019s best interest all or most of the time, compared with 29% of those who know nothing about environmental health specialists.<\/li>\n<li>Democrats (including Democratic-leaning independents) are more positive and more trusting of environmental health specialists than their Republican counterparts (including leaners). Overall, 73% of Democrats and 46% of Republicans have positive views of environmental health specialists \u2212 a 27 percentage point difference. And more Democrats than Republicans have confidence in environmental health specialists to provide fair and accurate information all or most of the time (43% vs. 25%).<\/li>\n<li>The public\u2019s overall views and trust in <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/science\/2019\/08\/02\/a-majority-of-americans-have-positive-views-of-environmental-scientists-but-trust-in-them-varies-by-politics\">environmental health specialists<\/a> is similar to that for environmental research scientists.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-callout has-ui-beige-very-light-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 id=\"about-the-survey\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the survey<\/h4><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The nationally representative survey from Pew Research Center was conducted among U.S. adults ages 18 and older. About half of the survey respondents (N=2,238) were asked about dietitians; these responses have a margin of sampling error of +\/- 2.7 percentage points. Before answering questions about this group, respondents were given the following brief description: \u201c<strong>Environmental health specialists<\/strong> often advise organizations in a local community about environmental risks to human health such as air and water pollution and how to clean up polluted areas.\u201d<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A majority of Americans have a positive overall view of environmental health scientists, though their opinions are more mixed when it comes to trust in them to do a good job, show concern for the community\u2019s interest and provide fair and accurate 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