Youth Environmental Health Literacy Survey Results from Rural Arizona

83% of youth participants reported increased motivation to take action after community-based environmental health trainings. This dataset contains quantitative and qualitative results from the STEAM in Action project, which used Photovoice, surveys, and environmental monitoring with youth in environmental justice communities in rural Arizona. It was authored by Kunal Palawat and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze changes in youth motivation and environmental health literacy based on pre- and post-survey results.
• Study community-identified environmental issues like pollution and health concerns using qualitative data from Photovoice and focus groups.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of hands-on training methods like environmental monitoring and data visualization for youth education.

Strengths

• Includes a specific quantitative result: 83% of youth (n=36) reported increased motivation.
• Combines multiple data collection methods: surveys, Photovoice, focus groups, and environmental monitoring.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is small in scale at 19.1 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

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

Freshness

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

Geography

Rural Arizona, specifically environmental justice communities.