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]

AI-generated · Not editor reviewedAssessed 2026-11-11Rubric abundance-potential-v1

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

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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