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

Rural Arizona youth participated in community-based environmental health trainings. The dataset includes pre- and post-survey results, focus group transcripts, and Photovoice materials from 36 participants, collected by author Kunal Palawat. The data was last updated on 2026-05-12.

Use Cases

• Analyze changes in youth motivation for environmental action based on pre- and post-survey results.
• Study youth perceptions of local environmental issues like pollution and health based on focus group and interview transcripts.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of hands-on methods like Photovoice and environmental monitoring for increasing environmental health literacy.

Strengths

• Includes quantitative survey results from 36 youth participants.
• Employs multiple qualitative methods including Photovoice, focus groups, and interviews.
• Data is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 196.6 KB DOCX file, suggesting limited scope and primarily textual content.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Data collected via community-based youth environmental health trainings using surveys, Photovoice, environmental monitoring, focus groups, and interviews.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 05:43:37; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Environmental justice communities in rural Arizona.