Scale validation and prediction of environmental health literacy in Brazil.

ABSTRACT: Environmental Health Literacy (EHL) focuses on significant impact of environmental factors on human health and emphasizes the importance of public awareness and engagement in identifying and mitigating environmental health risks. This paper presents a study in the Distrito Federal, Brazil, aimed at evaluating EHL and identify the main socioeconomic characteristics capable of predicting EHL levels. Using the EHL Scale, which assesses knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors toward environmental health, this research applies a questionnaire to 397 respondents. Through descriptive statistics and confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses, the study validates the scale for the Brazilian context and offers structural adjustments for the air scale. Using the socioeconomic data we implemented a pred

SUBMITTER: Buta BO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12034797 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature