Residential indoor air quality interventions through a social-ecological systems lens: A systematic review

摘要

Indoor air quality (IAQ) is an important consideration for health and well-beingas peoplespend most of their time indoors. Multi-disciplinaryinterest in IAQ is growing,resulting in more empirical research, especially in affordable housing settings, givendisproportionate impacts on vulnerable populations. Conceptually, there is little coherencyamong these case studies; they traverse diverse spatial scales, indoor andoutdoor environments, and populations, making it difficult to implement researchfindings in any given setting. We employ a social-ecologicalsystems (SES) frameworkto review and categorize existing interventions and other literature findings to elucidaterelationships among spatially and otherwise diverse IAQ factors. This perspectiveis highly attentive to the role of agency, highlighting individual, household, and organizationalbehaviors and constraints in managing IAQ. When combined with scientificknowledge about the effectiveness of IAQ interventions, this approach favors actionablestrategies for reducing the presence of indoor pollutants and personal exposures.