Societal impact assessment
Abundance Potential
Hajj interviews reveal gaps in understanding of UV protection
Assessment takeaway
Unknown · insufficient evidence
Abstain: the revision reports a qualitative study and proposes a multi-part response, including distinct heat and UV messaging, culturally appropriate multilingual education, nurse training, and access to affordable protective products. It does not specify one development as the assessment target. [evidence-1998, evidence-2001]
This describes conditional potential, not a probability or measured outcome. Unknown values are not zero, and harms are not subtracted from the total.
Five dimensions
- Human wellbeing
- Unknown · The revision reports a qualitative study and recommends several possible actions, but does not define one intervention to assess. [evidence-1998, evidence-2001] Sources: evidence-1998, evidence-2001
- Affordability and access
- Unknown · Affordable protective products and education are recommendations within a broader response, not a single specified development. [evidence-2001] Sources: evidence-2001
- Reach and fairness
- Unknown · The revision discusses multilingual communication and limits in representing the international pilgrim population, but does not specify a single intervention whose reach can be assessed. [evidence-1997, evidence-2000, evidence-2001] Sources: evidence-1997, evidence-2000, evidence-2001
- Environment and resources
- Unknown · The revision does not define one intervention or provide evidence about its environmental or resource effects.
- Scientific capability
- Unknown · The revision reports a qualitative study and proposes several follow-up actions; it does not identify one development for assessing scientific capability. [evidence-1999, evidence-2001] Sources: evidence-1999, evidence-2001
Evidence, confidence and timing
Evidence maturity
Finding: Unknown. The source describes retrospective qualitative interviews, but the target development for this assessment is not clear enough to assign a maturity level. [evidence-1999]
Societal benefit: Unknown. The proposed education and product-access actions were not tested, and the revision does not identify one action as the target. [evidence-1998, evidence-2001]
Confidence: Unknown. Confidence in a target-specific abundance assessment cannot be assigned because the revision describes multiple possible actions rather than one defined development. [evidence-2000, evidence-2001]
Conditional time horizon: Unknown. The revision gives recommendations but does not specify a single intervention or a timeline for its implementation or effects. [evidence-2001]
Possible benefits
- No supported benefit was identified in this assessment.
Risks and possible harms
- No specific harm was established by this assessment; this does not establish safety.
Distribution and adoption
Who might be excluded
- Distribution of benefits remains uncertain.
Adoption barriers
- No specific barrier was established.
Assumptions and conditions that could change the assessment
- No key assumptions were listed.
Citations
- evidence-1997 · Sun protection awareness and ultraviolet protection factor product use among pilgrims and nurses during Hajj: A qualitative post-Hajj interview study · O; m; a; r; ; Q; a; l; a; d; i · 10.1371/journal.pone.0362675 · Captured publisher article text · Open source
- evidence-1998 · Sun protection awareness and ultraviolet protection factor product use among pilgrims and nurses during Hajj: A qualitative post-Hajj interview study · O; m; a; r; ; Q; a; l; a; d; i · 10.1371/journal.pone.0362675 · Captured publisher article text · Open source
- evidence-1999 · Sun protection awareness and ultraviolet protection factor product use among pilgrims and nurses during Hajj: A qualitative post-Hajj interview study · O; m; a; r; ; Q; a; l; a; d; i · 10.1371/journal.pone.0362675 · Captured publisher article text · Open source
- evidence-2000 · Sun protection awareness and ultraviolet protection factor product use among pilgrims and nurses during Hajj: A qualitative post-Hajj interview study · O; m; a; r; ; Q; a; l; a; d; i · 10.1371/journal.pone.0362675 · Captured publisher article text · Open source
- evidence-2001 · Sun protection awareness and ultraviolet protection factor product use among pilgrims and nurses during Hajj: A qualitative post-Hajj interview study · O; m; a; r; ; Q; a; l; a; d; i · 10.1371/journal.pone.0362675 · Captured publisher article text · Open source