A Personalized Intervention to Increase Environmental Health Literacy and Readiness to Change in a Northern Nevada Population: Effects of Environmental Chemical Exposure Report-Back.
Johanna R RochesterCarol F KwiatkowskiIva NeveuxShaun DabeKatherine M HatcherMichael Kupec LathropEric Jay DazaBrenda EskenaziJoseph J GrzymskiJenna HuaPublished in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2024)
The report-back intervention was successful as evidenced by increased EHL behaviors, increased readiness to change among women, and a decrease in monobutyl phthalate. An EHL questionnaire more sensitive to chemical exposures would help differentiate high and low literacy. Future research will focus on understanding why men decreased their readiness to change and how the intervention can be improved for all participants.