Clinical Research Directory

The AIRWISE intervention consists of a 3-pronged approach grounded in the Health Belief Model (HBM) to improve residential indoor air quality through education, equipment, and behavioral cues. To reinforce cues to action, AIRWISE uses alerts from air quality sensors, prompting timely behavioral responses. Specifically, indoor and outdoor air quality alerts act as behavioral cues to promote active engagement and reference a decision matrix with specific recommendations based indoor and outdoor air quality. Recommendations on the decision matrix include simple strategies to reduce air pollution exposures, including increasing use and fan speed of portable air cleaners, opening or closing windows to change ventilation, and changing activities such as physical activity, cooking, and cleaning. This integrated approach promotes sustained behavior change by aligning with all key HBM constructs.

Participants will use two PACs in their home according to manufacturer recommendations. PAC Control group participants will not receive further education on air quality or recommendations on PAC use, nor will they receive additional equipment or outdoor AQI alerts. Control participants will use and maintain the PACs at their own discretion.