Communicating Results of Drinking Water Tests From Private Wells: Designing Report-Back Materials to Facilitate Understanding.
This evaluation assessed the effectiveness of graphic-based (i.e., pictorial) report-back materials in communicating the presence of toxic metals in private well water and soil samples. It also explored associations between recommendations in the report-back materials and appropriate actions to prot...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Environmental Health Vol. 85; no. 8; pp. 8 - 15 |
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National Environmental Health Association
Apr2023
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