Advancing Environmental Health Literacy: Validated Scales of General Environmental Health and Environmental Media-Specific Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors

Advancing Environmental Health Literacy: Validated Scales of General Environmental Health and Environmental Media-Specific Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors

Environmental health literacy (EHL) involves understanding and using environmental information to make decisions about health. This study developed a validated survey instrument with four scales for assessing media-specific (i.e., air, food, water) and general EHL. The four scales were created as fo...

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Main Authors: Maureen Y. Lichtveld, Hannah H. Covert, Mya Sherman, Arti Shankar, Jeffrey K. Wickliffe, Cecilia S. Alcala
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-10-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
environmental health literacy
scale development
community–academic partnerships
water
food
air
knowledge
attitudes
behaviors
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/21/4157

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