Making Air Pollution Visible: A Tool for Promoting Environmental Health Literacy.

Ekaterina Galkina Cleary Allison P Patton Hsin-Ching Wu Alan Xie Joseph Stubblefield William Mass Georges Grinstein Susan Koch-Weser Doug Brugge Carolyn Wong

Published in: JMIR public health and surveillance (2017)

The Air Pollution Map incorporates relevant language and landmarks to make complex scientific information about ultrafine particles accessible to members of the Boston Chinatown community. In future work, we will test the map in an educational intervention that features intergenerational colearning and the use of supplementary multimedia presentations.

Keyphrases

air pollution
particulate matter
health information
lung function
randomized controlled trial
high density
healthcare
mental health
current status
human health
cystic fibrosis
life cycle
risk assessment
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease