Environmental Health Literacy

Understanding the relationship between environmental exposures and human health is the first step to taking action to avoid harmful exposures and lower their disease risk.

Publications and Presentations

Ohayon, J.L., E. Nost, K. Silk, M.R. Rakoff, J.G. Brody. 2020. Barriers and opportunities for breast cancer organizations to focus on environmental health and disease prevention: a mixed-methods approach using website analyses, interviews, and focus groups. Environmental Health. 19:15. doi: 10.1186/s12940-020-0570-7

Article

Brody J.G., P. Brown, R.A. Morello-Frosch (2019). Returning Chemical Exposure Results to Individuals and Communities. In S. Finn & L. O'Fallon (eds), Environmental Health Literacy (pp. 135-163). Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-94108-0_6 (first online September 13, 2018)

Book Chapter

Perovich, L.J., J.L. Ohayon, E.M. Cousins, R. Morello-Frosch, P. Brown, G. Adamkiewicz, J.G. Brody. 2018. Reporting to parents on children’s exposures to asthma triggers in low-income and public housing, an interview-based case study of ethics, environmental literacy, individual action, and public health benefitsEnvironmental Health, 17(48). doi: 10.1186/s12940-018-0395-9.

Article

Ramirez-Andreotta, M., J.G. Brody, N. Lothrop, M. Loh, P.I. Beamer and P. Brown. 2016. Improving Environmental Health Literacy and Justice through Environmental Exposure Results Communication. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(7):690. doi:10.3390/ijerph13070690

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