Appalachian Environmental Health Literacy: Building Knowledge and Skills to Protect Health

Authors

Anna G. Hoover, University of Kentucky College of Public HealthFollow
Annie Koempel, University of Kentucky Department of Dietetics and Human NutritionFollow
W. Jay Christian, University of Kentucky College of Public HealthFollow
Kimberly I. Tumlin, University of Kentucky College of Public HealthFollow
Kelly G. Pennell, University of Kentucky College of EngineeringFollow
Steven Evans, Kentucky Water Resources Research InstituteFollow
Malissa McAlister, Kentucky Water Resources Research InstituteFollow
Lindell E. Ormsbee, University of Kentucky College of EngineeringFollow
Dawn Brewer, University of Kentucky Department of Dietetics and Human NutritionFollow

Abstract

Environmental health literacy (EHL) is an emerging, multidisciplinary field that promotes understanding of how environmental exposures can affect human health. After discussing the regional relevance of environmental health knowledge and skills, this article describes three ongoing Appalachian projects that are focused on measuring and building EHL.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.13023/jah.0201.06

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Hoover AG, Koempel A, Christian WJ, et al. Appalachian environmental health literacy: building knowledge and skills to protect health. J Appalach Health 2020;2(1):47–53. DOI: https://doi.org/10.13023/jah.0201.06.