A process for creating data report-back tools to improve equity in environmental health.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although there is increasing interest in reporting results of environmental research efforts back to participants, evidence-based tools have not yet been applied to developed materials to ensure their accessibility in terms of literacy, numeracy, and data visualization demand. Additionally, there is not yet guidance as to how to formally assess the created materials to assure a match with the intended audience.

Methods

Relying on formative qualitative research with participants of an indoor air quality study in Dorchester, Massachusetts, we identified means of enhancing accessibility of indoor air quality data report-back materials for participants. Participants (n = 20) engaged in semi-structured interviews in which they described challenges they encountered with

SUBMITTER: Tomsho KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9277935 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature