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The Emergence of Environmental Health Literacy—From Its Roots to Its Future Potential

Author(s) -

Symma Finn,

Liam R. O’Fallon

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1409337

Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , scope (computer science) , engineering ethics , health literacy , conversation , psychology , public relations , sociology , knowledge management , health care , management science , political science , computer science , engineering , paleontology , communication , law , biology , programming language

Environmental health literacy (EHL) is coalescing into a new subdiscipline that combines key principles and procedural elements from the fields of risk communication, health literacy, environmental health sciences (EHS), communications research, and safety culture. These disciplines have contributed unique expertise and perspectives to the development of EHL. Since 1992, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) has contributed to the evolution of EHL and now seeks to stimulate its scientific advancement and rigor.

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