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    Improving Environmental Health Literacy and Justice through Environmental Exposure Results Communication

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    Author
    Ramirez-Andreotta, Monica
    Brody, Julia
    Lothrop, Nathan cc
    Loh, Miranda
    Beamer, Paloma
    Brown, Phil
    Affiliation
    Univ Arizona, Dept Soil Water & Environm Sci
    Univ Arizona, Mel & Enid Zuckerman Coll Publ Hlth
    Issue Date
    2016-07-08
    Keywords
    biomonitoring
    exposure assessment
    environmental health literacy
    environmental justice
    hazardous waste
    contextual model of learning
    
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    MDPI AG
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    Improving Environmental Health Literacy and Justice through Environmental Exposure Results Communication 2016, 13 (7):690 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
    Journal
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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    This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (CC BY 4.0).
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    This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu.
    Abstract
    Understanding the short-and long-term impacts of a biomonitoring and exposure project and reporting personal results back to study participants is critical for guiding future efforts, especially in the context of environmental justice. The purpose of this study was to evaluate learning outcomes from environmental communication efforts and whether environmental health literacy goals were met in an environmental justice community. We conducted 14 interviews with parents who had participated in the University of Arizona's Metals Exposure Study in Homes and analyzed their responses using NVivo, a qualitative data management and analysis program. Key findings were that participants used the data to cope with their challenging circumstances, the majority of participants described changing their families' household behaviors, and participants reported specific interventions to reduce family exposures. The strength of this study is that it provides insight into what people learn and gain from such results communication efforts, what participants want to know, and what type of additional information participants need to advance their environmental health literacy. This information can help improve future report back efforts and advance environmental health and justice.
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    1660-4601
    DOI
    10.3390/ijerph13070690
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    Final published version
    Sponsors
    NIEHS [R01ES017514, P42 ES04940]
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    http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/13/7/690
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    10.3390/ijerph13070690
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