Environmental Health Literacy

Introduction.- Section I: Foundations of Environmental Health Literacy.- Defining Environmental Health Literacy.- Measuring Environmental Health Literacy.- Communications Research in the Environmental Health Sciences.- Section II: Raising EHL in the Research Context among Diverse Audiences.- Engaging with Ethnically Diverse Community Groups.- Advancing Environmental Health Literacy through Community-Engaged Research and Popular Education.- Returning Chemical Exposure Results to Individuals and Communities.- Strengthening Environmental Health Literacy through Precollege STEM and Environmental Health Education.- Health Professionals' Environmental Health Literacy.- Section III: Types of Communication Styles and their Effectiveness at Raising EHL.- Use of Traditional and Culturally Appropriate Modalities.- Blogs, Twitter and Facebook: New Modalities for Raising EHL.- Using Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed in a Community-based Participatory Research Approach to Environmental Health Literacy.- Tactile Approaches to Help Learners Visualize Key Processes in Environmental Health Sciences.- Conclusion.- Index.

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• Equipamento e técnicas médicas
• Fatores ambientais
• Medicina ambiental

Health risk communication;Generic risk messages;Disproportionate exposure to environmental stressors;Community-engaged research;Persistent bioaccumulative toxics;Dissemination of health information;Public health education;Visually accessible health information;Environmental and social stressors