Defining Environmental Health Literacy
| Autor: | Anna Goodman Hoover |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
030505 public health
Community engagement Area studies media_common.quotation_subject education Participatory action research Health literacy Citizen journalism Literacy Risk perception 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health 030212 general & internal medicine Sociology 0305 other medical science Health communication media_common |
| Zdroj: | Environmental Health Literacy ISBN: 9783319941073 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-319-94108-0_1 |
| Popis: | Environmental health literacy (EHL) is an emerging area of study that incorporates content and strategies from environmental, health, and social sciences to promote understanding of the ways environmental contaminants affect health. The basic knowledge and skills needed for comprehending environmental health risks and for devising, assessing, implementing and evaluating potential solutions form the foundations of EHL. EHL strives to improve understanding of how individuals and communities make sense of and act on health-related information about environmental hazards. In this chapter, the concept of EHL and its background are introduced, and foundational contributions from health, risk, and participatory communication are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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