Discussing Lungs on Fire: Investigating decision making when faced with wildfire smoke

About this episode

This episode discusses decision making related to wildfire smoke and the research being conducted to inform community messaging.

In this final episode of our Lung on Fire mini-series, we'll be diving into the 3rd pillar of Lungs on Fire which focuses on decision making related to wildfire smoke. Dr. Stephanie Harvard is leading this research pillar alongside Dr. Nick Bansback and Dr. Pat Camp. Tune in as Dr. Harvard talks more about how this qualitative study component of the project will help to identify values amongst communities, help to fill in informational and resource gaps, and inform clinical, public health, and community wildfire smoke messaging that can be used by organization, clinicians, and communities.

People in this episode

Guest: Dr. Stephanie Harvard

Topics covered

• wildfire smoke
• decision making
• public health
• community values
• qualitative study

Keywords

• wildfire smoke
• decision making
• public health
• community values
• qualitative research

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