The purpose of this paper is to investigate the psychosocial perception of harmattan dust on building openings, health and housekeeping to determine the influence of the dust on building occupants.,Population-representative survey data were collected from Maiduguri, Northeastern Nigeria, through physical administration of questionnaires by assessing several variables. Statistical package SPSS 16.0 was used for the data analysis, which is mainly descriptive analysis in frequencies, percentages and means together with a repeated Pearson’s chi-square analysis to identify the relationship between the factors and the significance testing.,The results show that majority (94.3%) experienced dust problem in harmattan season, and a larger part (76.6%) confirmed that the dust penetrates through doors and windows. Higher percentage (91.2%) noticed that the dust particles on their floor/furniture surfaces, and on an average, people clean their houses three times daily in harmattan season. Majority (80.5%) of the respondents smell dust in the harmattan season, and greater part (77.9%) experienced health challenges in this season, of which 12.8% confirmed harmattan dust aggravates their asthma, 13.6% confirmed it causes headache, 3.1% confirmed it exacerbated pneumonia, 58.5% confirmed it causes coughing, 3.5% confirmed catarrh, 2.3% confirmed nasal/respiratory congestion, sneezing and bronchitis and 6.2% experienced eye problems. Moreover, the results indicate that number/types of openings in a building are significantly associated with factors including smelling dust in the harmattan season and health problem experienced because of dust indoors. The number of times people clean their homes/workplaces is significantly related to important variables such as experiencing dust problem in harmattan season and number/type of openings in a building. The results further established that the health problem experienced by people is significantly related to important variables including dust problem experienced in the harmattan season and type of openings in a room.,Harmattan dust is a serious challenge to health and well-being of building occupants in the study area. The built environment professionals need to optimize building openings for effective dust control indoors.

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尼日利亚迈杜古里（Nimaitanuri）的harmattan灰尘对建筑居民的环境和健康的影响的社会心理认识

本文旨在研究harmattan尘埃对建筑物开口，健康和家政的心理社会影响，以确定尘埃对建筑居民的影响。人口代表性调查数据是通过尼日利亚东北部Maiduguri的物理管理收集的通过评估几个变量进行问卷调查。统计软件包SPSS 16.0用于数据分析，主要是频率，百分比和均值的描述性分析，以及重复的Pearson卡方分析，以识别因素与显着性检验之间的关系。结果表明，大多数（ 94.3％的人在harmattan季节遇到了灰尘问题，很大一部分（76.6％）确认灰尘从门窗渗透。更高的百分比（91。2％）注意到地板/家具表面上的灰尘颗粒，在harmattan季节，人们平均每天清洁房屋3次。大部分（80.5％）的受访者在harmattan季节闻到粉尘，并且大部分（77.9％）在本季节遇到健康挑战，其中12.8％的确认harmattan尘埃加剧了他们的哮喘病，13.6％的确认会导致头痛，3.1％的确认它会加剧肺炎，其中58.5％的人确认会引起咳嗽，3.5％的人确认有卡他性炎，2.3％的人确认了鼻/呼吸道充血，打喷嚏和支气管炎，还有6.2％的人出现了眼疾。此外，结果表明，建筑物中的开口数量/类型与包括在harmattan季节闻到灰尘以及室内灰尘引起的健康问题在内的因素密切相关。人们打扫房屋/工作场所的次数与重要变量显着相关，例如在和睦季节遇到灰尘问题以及建筑物开口的数量/类型。结果进一步证明，人们所经历的健康问题与重要变量显着相关，这些变量包括在harmattan季节经历的灰尘问题以及房间的开孔类型。Harmattan灰尘是对建筑物中居住者的健康和福祉的严重挑战。学习区。建筑环境专业人士需要优化建筑物的开口，以有效地控制室内的灰尘。结果进一步证明，人们所经历的健康问题与重要变量显着相关，这些变量包括在harmattan季节经历的灰尘问题以及房间的开孔类型。Harmattan灰尘是对建筑物中居住者的健康和福祉的严重挑战。学习区。建筑环境专业人士需要优化建筑物的开口，以有效地控制室内的灰尘。结果进一步证明，人们所经历的健康问题与重要变量显着相关，这些变量包括在harmattan季节经历的灰尘问题以及房间的开孔类型。Harmattan灰尘是对建筑物中居住者的健康和福祉的严重挑战。学习区。建筑环境专业人士需要优化建筑物的开口，以有效地控制室内的灰尘。