STEAM in Action: Youth Environmental Health Literacy Survey Results from Rural Arizona

A 2026 study by Kunal Palawat documents the STEAM in Action project, which conducted community-based youth environmental health trainings in rural Arizona. The dataset includes results from pre- and post-surveys, focus groups, and follow-up interviews analyzing youth environmental health literacy and motivation. It was published on figshare under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyzing changes in youth motivation for environmental action based on survey results showing 83% of participants increased motivation.
• Studying community-identified environmental concerns like pollution and health issues based on qualitative data from Photovoice and focus groups.
• Evaluating the effectiveness of hands-on STEAM activities like environmental monitoring and data visualization in building environmental health literacy.

Strengths

• Includes quantitative survey results from 36 youth participants.
• Employs multiple qualitative and quantitative methods including Photovoice, environmental monitoring, and focus groups.
• Focuses on an understudied population: youth in rural environmental justice communities.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is small in scale at 189.5 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

Kunal Palawat via figshare

Collection Method

Community-based youth environmental health trainings using surveys, Photovoice, environmental monitoring, and interviews.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 05:43:38; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Rural Arizona, United States