Overview
- Provides a conceptual framework and the underlying philosophical tenets of environmental health literacy
- Details the dissemination and implementation of environmental risk communication
- Promotes environmental health literacy through science and technology education
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Foundations of Environmental Health Literacy
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Raising EHL in the Research Context among Diverse Audiences
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Types of Communication Styles and their Effectiveness at Raising EHL
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About this book
This book explores various and distinct aspects of environmental health literacy (EHL) from the perspective of investigators working in this emerging field and their community partners in research. Chapters aim to distinguish EHL from health literacy and environmental health education in order to classify it as a unique field with its own purposes and outcomes. Contributions in this book represent the key aspects of communication, dissemination and implementation, and social scientific research related to environmental health sciences and the range of expertise and interest in EHL.
Readers will learn about the conceptual framework and underlying philosophical tenets of EHL, and its relation to health literacy and communications research. Special attention is given to topics like dissemination and implementation of culturally relevant environmental risk messaging, and promotion of EHL through visual technologies. Authoritative entries by experts also focus on important approaches to advancing EHL through community-engaged research and by engaging teachers and students at an early age through developing innovative STEM curriculum. The significance of theater is highlighted by describing the use of an interactive theater experience as an approach that enables community residents to express themselves in non-verbal ways.Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Liam O'Fallon received his Master’s degree in Latin American Studies from Tulane University in 1997, where he specialized in medical anthropology and international health . He leads the Partnerships for Environmental Public Health program at the National Institute of Environmental Health Services. He directs the Community Engagement Cores that are a part of the network of Environmental Health Science Core Centers, the Centers for Children’s Environmental Health Program, and the Centers of Excellence on Environmental Health Disparities Research . He formerly worked at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in the Office of International and Refugee Health, where he coordinated an interagency, binational working group addressing environmental health issues along the U.S.-Mexico border. His areas of specialty include community-engaged research, environmental justice, science education and environmental health literacy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Environmental Health Literacy
Editors: Symma Finn, Liam R. O'Fallon
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94108-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-94107-3Published: 27 September 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06798-4Published: 08 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-94108-0Published: 12 September 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 344
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 48 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Health, Environmental and Sustainability Education, Public Health, Health Informatics, Science Education, Environmental Communication