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

Conclusions: We posit that EHL can potentially benefit the conduct and outcomes of community-engaged and health disparities EHS research and can ensure that the translation of research findings will lead to greater understanding of specific risks, reduction of exposures, and improvement of health outcomes for individuals and communities. We provide four recommendations to advance work in EHL.

Citation: Finn S, O’Fallon L. 2017. The emergence of environmental health literacy—from its roots to its future potential. Environ Health Perspect 125:495–501; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1409337
Address correspondence to L. O’Fallon, Program Analyst, Division of Extramural Research and Training, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, P.O. Box 12233 (MD K3-13), Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. Telephone: [phone]. E-mail: [e-mail].
The authors declare they have no actual or potential competing financial interests.
Received: 10 October 2014
Accepted: 25 June 2015
Advance Publication: 30 June 2015
Final Publication: 31 March 2017
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Source: EHP Research - March 31, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Web Admin Tags: Commentaries April 2017 Source Type: research