Research project guides for CSUB student researchers
S: Okay. Does that require your physical presence to the you know office.
S: How’s how flexible, how flexible! of your work.
S: Hmm, okay, thank you. How long have you lived in San Joaquin Valley?
S: So what brought you here in Bakersfield from LA.
S: The house price in Bakersfield is really high nowadays.
S: Okay, how do you feel about air quality here.
S: Okay. So mostly, you’re concerned with valley fever.
S: How about, you know ozone level or any chemical? You know, chemicals in the air.
S: But you could have affordable house and the house in other area.
S: So you lived in San Joaquin Valley. I meanm Bakersfield for 20 years.
S: Perspective on the air quality change during those 2 decades.
S: So you moved with your family, not only for yourself.
S: So regarding the health symptoms or issues. How many of the people has been affected by the you know the air quality in Bakersfield.
S: Was that the the so? If the experiences from your family members does that affect that you to have? You know? You know different opinion about the air quality than before you lived in, you know. La.
To try to at least cleanse the inside of the homes a little bit more. But yes, it does affect us, and we we have a little bit more awareness of our surroundings and our air quality compared to when we used to live in La.
S: In what ways do air quality affect your daily activities?
I try to not have them outside at all, too, unless they have to, like, you know. Play a little bit and use the restroom. But I I tend to try to keep them inside, too, because of the heat and the air quality.
S: So how did you check the air quality.
S: From my opinion whether app is not super accurate. So when the day with the air quality the weather app says the quality is quite moderate. From my eyesight I can see dust everywhere, and my eyesight is really short. So have you ever, you know, experienced something like that?
But in downtown, like, when you’re actually working in the city, you actually don’t encounter that as frequent because you can with the buildings that kind of, and and so much commuting. You don’t tend to see it as much as when you’re outside in the exterior part of the city.
S: Hmm, so have you modified any work or personal activities due to the air quality concerns like dust.
S: Have you ever changed the the date of the event, or the date of the meeting with your friends because of the air quality.
S: Hmm, okay, has air quality ever affected your work, productivity, or attendance.
S: Okay? So what actions have you taken to deal with the challenges of air quality?
I mean, that’s kind of it. I mean, I I do wanna take more actions. But as of right now. That’s the only thing we have done.
S: Okay, I think that’s good. So have you noticed that? Theothers around you had also impacted by the air quality outside of your family members.
I mean, I feel like it does play a factor also with, I mean, of possible other causes of health issues that I’ve seen other little kids with and stuff. So I feel like it does affect us drastically.
S: So how do you feel when the kids are, you know, having those kind of asthma treatment like mask because of the air quality.
S: Yeah, so you’re compassionate to the kids and bakersfield, I can feel it. does that feeling increased because because you’re mom. So were those perspective changed before you have, child. or after a child. I think now that I’m a mom, I’m a little bit more observant of how everything affects other kids, too, and my own kid, too. Yes, yes, so I do believe it does have a play in how I feel my perspectives. So because so after you became mom, you became more. Do you think you could? Became more sensitive to the air quality.
S: So if you knew that the baker field are suffering from the air quality issue, would you? So if you go back when you were in LA. Would you? How did you make a decision? Whether you about moving to Bakersfield.
If I would have still considered coming to Bakersfield without a child, I probably would have just done the move again, but if I already had a child, I feel like I would have contemplated my options a little bit better, and actually done some more research before I have done the move. Now for me to actually move out. I think it’s a little more complex because. All my family is here, so I feel like we can live with it. But we have to kind of balance our how we deal with it. S: How comfortable are people in your workplace with discussing air quality concerns.
but, because a lot of them have lived here all their lives. I feel like they kind of dismiss it a little bit more because they don’t know other like other cities, like the quality. Some people have never even traveled outside of Bakersfield.
S: So you are thinking that your evaluation is that general attitude toward you know, talking about health topics around air quality is not that positive they’re not talking a lot.
S: Okay, so you moved from La to Bakersfield. And actually, you are new outsider. So when you think, when you work with the people who has born and raised in Bakersfield. Have you ever felt lonely because you feel that you’re the only one who feel sensitive to the air quality issue in Bakersfield. You said the older generation in your workplace. They don’t really, really, you know bothered about air quality.
Yeah. So I feel like at work. I’m not that comfortable.
H: Can you come up? Maybe perhaps tell us an example. a situation where you were, where your concerns were dismissed, or where you felt uncomfortable after just trying to, you know. Bring up this issue. Do you have a case that you can? You might be able to share with us. Air quality, I mean, the environment, valley fever, those kind of issues. I mean, right?
And they’re used to this. They don’t really discuss valley fever so kind of discuss valley fever, because a lot of the people that I know, have had valley fever are not necessarily Bakersfield natives. They kind of dismiss it where it’s like, oh, like it’s it’s an exaggeration like oh, it’s just the flu. Oh, it’s just you’re fine. You’re fine, but I don’t know if it has to do to the because most of the people in my my job are native Bakersfield. They’re politically. They’re a little bit too. they don’t believe in a lot of stuff.
H: I understand. Okay, that tells a lot. Okay. Thank you.
S: Oh, can you? So? I think this is a new information I have found from you, not from the other interview. I think this is really valuable moment from us. I really appreciate it. So you said, air quality is related to political things. Can you elaborate more about it?
It’s kind of like the valley fever. They don’t really acknowledge that it really exists, that necessity of stuff. But I think it’s also true, because it has not affected them personally like valley fever, and even though they’re natives. I don’t know how it hasn’t affected them, but I feel like they just don’t. They don’t acknowledge the air quality and like anything because of how they’re set in stone, and they’re like mine and what they’ve experienced. I feel like when you experience it. You kind of have a little bit more of open mind. But they I mean, they don’t even believe in vaccines.
S: In your workplace, Do you have any experience that when your colleagues also shared personal or family concerns related to the air quality with you.
Like the older bakers. Natives don’t really go out and walk. It’s mainly like the younger generations that kind of want to. They actually care about their health a little bit more that are actually walking. So they’re they’re actually observing of, like the air quality at that moment, not to the point where they look at apps or anything. They just kind of play by ear, like what the what it looks like.
S: Okay, have you ever wanted to wear a mask, but felt hesitant, due to social concerns around you?
S: Okay, so have you ever tried to use wear mask in your office?
due to like illness, like where I either I’m sick or other people’s are sick. Yes, I have.
S: I’m looking for alternative questions. I can have So how do you think your coworkers would react if you regularly discussed or regular discuss about the air quality concerns or issues.
S: Yeah. But you did you ever try to talk about it?
But when you’re just discussing like, randomly like, oh, bigger, so has really bad air quality. I feel like it would be more like a just dismissive like. Oh, you’re just exaggerating, but if they know that there is something going on like a fire nearby, then yes, they might kind of be a little bit more open to the conversation.
S: So when you feel that so you you said you try not to talk about the general air quality issue with others in your workplace. In that moment, how do you feel when you cannot reveal your you know your genuine concerns about your quota.
I kind of don’t really feel bad about it, just because I kind of don’t really talk about a lot of stuff with them because of their views. So, I don’t feel bad about not being able to talk about that one item, because I really try to keep my opinions, and like concerns to myself, sometimes because of how I can be received and dismissed.
S: Oh, so the reason why you don’t talk about the air quality concerns is that because of their attitude.
S: So sometimes people feel a sense of connection if they face common challenges like air quality concerns or asthma, and if they share those kind of concerns. They feel like connection, right? You say that those kind of feeling is quite, you know. You don’t feel much about it in your workplace.
S: But outside of your organization, when you learn that your friend or others like Participant #36, who share similar environmental concerns, how does that affect you?
S: about this research, Participant #36, you know, shared this opportunity to you. How does information brought up in your discussion.
So she kind of mentioned it. And then she’s like, Oh, like they’re doing research like, would you.
H: Anything to break.
S: So you said, your colleagues in your workplace. They are limited of understanding about your concerns, about air quality issue. And how does that affect your thoughts or perspective related to the air quality in Bakersfield?
but I feel like I can live with it. I feel like I can make adjustments, and, like, you know, live with it like my kiddo. I’m trying to just make sure that you know I try to remove any toxins that I can. I try to teach his diet. I mean anything that I can do to help I do, just because even if I were to move somewhere else, we run the risk of the same thing, I mean, just in general California itself. It’s very overpopulated. I mean, the the things we have around is is not. We don’t have a lot of options, especially when it comes to financially available to us.
S: Hmm, yeah. Okay, so financially, affordable house and living costs. Actually, that attract you to the Bakersfield.
But yeah, so I feel like, I, yeah, I really wouldn’t move right now, just because I you know, I have to to deal with like my my family being here and like availability. Okay, do you want me to carry it or no? And so that can be assigned in case you need it. But yeah, I feel like, overall I am concerned. I am aware of my surroundings, but I don’t think that I would make a change in my environment because of it. Just because I feel like we have options of like paying you know, buying air filter, or like being able to reduce our outdoor activities. And you know, limit just time wise, because sometimes I feel like the air quality is a little bit worse during like mid morning day. So I feel like in the night time. I feel like the quality because it’s less
S: so in your workplace, when you cannot discuss air quality concerns openly. how does that affect your confidence in your own? You know, experiences in your workplace.
S: What would it feel like to have colleagues in your workplace who truly understand your environmental health concerns.
S: So in your workplace, so do you have any recommendation for your manager or your company? How they could change their culture to, you know, make people freely talk about their environmental concerns or other concerns as well.
you guys need to make sure that you know for safety precautions. You guys wear masks, or I mean not that they obligate it, but at least that they have it as an option.
S: Okay, so one more thing. So we are in the process of conducting a interview. And do you have any record questions we can have to our future interview that you think that it could help our research.
S: Hmm.
S: okay. I think that’s all for our interview, and I will soon send you a Amazon gift card within an hour, and thanks for joining us, and I hope you have a great day, Participant #36.
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