Perceived wildfire risk and past experiences with wildfire smoke influence public support for prescribed burning in the western conterminous United States.

BMC Public Health · 2025 · PMC11716258 · PMID 39780124

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closest p · 1.3× alpha

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trending towards significancep = 0.066so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Although only trending towards significance, perceived future risk mediated 16.9% ( p = 0.066) of the association between recent smoke experience and support for prescribed burning nearby.

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borderline significanceno p-value reported

Finally, while our study results are indicative of the associations described, results with very wide confidence intervals and/or borderline significance must be interpreted with caution.

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