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Monica Ramirez	2016	Improving Environmental Health Literacy at Mining Sites: Framing Community Perspectives via a Citizen Social Science Program	environmental health citizen social science mining environmental literacy public perception of mining public participation community-engaged research	Mining operations pose a potential risk to human health and the environment. Climate change will only exacerbate the risks posed by mining in arid and semi-arid environments like the desert Southwest. When combining the issues associated with mine-site rehabilitation and sustainability, the most critical issue that arises is generating a standard for determining the ‘acceptable’ rehabilitation of the land and how to reduce environmental health threats. Understanding the current state of environmental health literacy, the needs of community members neighboring mining areas, and the community’s perspective on the extent of health, social, cultural and biophysical disruption from mining activities must be properly addressed to conduct and improve environmental health promotion programs. The aims are to build community-academic partnerships in mining communities in Pima County and the Tohono O’odham Nation and capture the voice of communities via the community based participatory research method known as photovoice.	View

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