2017
DOI: 10.2196/publichealth.7492
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Making Air Pollution Visible: A Tool for Promoting Environmental Health Literacy

Abstract: BackgroundDigital maps are instrumental in conveying information about environmental hazards geographically. For laypersons, computer-based maps can serve as tools to promote environmental health literacy about invisible traffic-related air pollution and ultrafine particles. Concentrations of these pollutants are higher near major roadways and increasingly linked to adverse health effects. Interactive computer maps provide visualizations that can allow users to build mental models of the spatial distribution o… Show more

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“…Therefore, we developed the AAPHL questionnaire on the basis of an existing conceptual framework of health literacy proposed by the European Health Literacy Consortium, which composed of 12 subdomains of health literacy formed by 4 information processing competencies of individuals (ie, accessing, understanding, appraising, and applying) and 3 health contexts (ie, healthcare, disease prevention, and health promotion) [ 19 ]. Despite that, only very few studies have been conducted to address the issue of EHL on ambient air pollution and health threats [ 20 , 21 ], and no survey data on ambient air pollution health literacy available at a population-based level. We therefore conducted this national population-based survey on level of AAPHL in adult residents of Taiwan.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Therefore, we developed the AAPHL questionnaire on the basis of an existing conceptual framework of health literacy proposed by the European Health Literacy Consortium, which composed of 12 subdomains of health literacy formed by 4 information processing competencies of individuals (ie, accessing, understanding, appraising, and applying) and 3 health contexts (ie, healthcare, disease prevention, and health promotion) [ 19 ]. Despite that, only very few studies have been conducted to address the issue of EHL on ambient air pollution and health threats [ 20 , 21 ], and no survey data on ambient air pollution health literacy available at a population-based level. We therefore conducted this national population-based survey on level of AAPHL in adult residents of Taiwan.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Dissemination of environmental information, if not tailored to audiences with different socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds, results in differentiated learning. Given the movement’s strategic emphasis on distributive justice and on mobilizing and informing white middle class residents, we could assume that poor and ethnic minority groups benefit the least (Cleary et al., 2017). In what follows, we analyze the capabilities of poorer urbanites with an ethnic minority background to deal with air pollution.…”
Section: Analyzing Movement Discourses From An Environmental Justice ...mentioning
confidence: 99%