Data Sheet 5_Building youth power and environmental health literacy with environmental jus

A 188.6 KB document describes data from the STEAM in Action project, which conducted community-based youth environmental health trainings in environmental justice communities in rural Arizona. The project, authored by Kunal Palawat and last updated in May 2026, used pre- and post-surveys, focus groups, and follow-up interviews to quantitatively and qualitatively analyze youth environmental health literacy, concerns, and capacity for action.

Use Cases

• Analyzing changes in youth motivation for environmental action based on survey results indicating an 83% increase.
• Studying community-identified environmental and health concerns, such as pollution from littering and industry, based on qualitative data from Photovoice and focus groups.
• Evaluating the effectiveness of hands-on training methods like environmental monitoring and data visualization in building environmental health literacy.

Strengths

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

Limitations

• The dataset is a 188.6 KB DOCX file, suggesting limited scope and primarily textual documentation rather than structured data.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative analysis.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Data gathered through community-based youth environmental health trainings using pre-/post-surveys, Photovoice, environmental monitoring, focus groups, and interviews.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 05:43:39; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Environmental justice communities in rural Arizona.