ArticleJournal of environmental health2015
A Community-Driven Intervention in Tuftonboro, New Hampshire, Succeeds in Altering Water Testing Behavior.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Factors influencing perceptions of private water quality in North America: a systematic review.Systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
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- An overview of the Be Well Home Health Navigator Program to reduce contaminants in well water: Design and methods.Contemporary clinical trials · 2024Article
- Using environmental health dialogue in a Diné-centered approach for individualized results reporting in an environmental exposure study following the Gold King Mine Spill.Environmental research · 2023Article
- Proximity of Water Wells to Public Water Testing Facilities in Alberta Using Drive Times.Environmental health insights · 2022Article
- Improve private well testing outreach efficiency by targeting households based on proximity to a high arsenic well.The Science of the total environment · 2020Article
- Exploring Well Water Testing Behaviour Through the Health Belief Model.Environmental health insights · 2020Article
- Risk Communication and Factors Influencing Private Well Testing Behavior: A Systematic Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Themes Across New Directions in Community Engagement.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Review
- State-Level Policies Concerning Private Wells in the United States.Water policy : official journal of the World Water Council · 2019Article
- Development and Validation of an Environmental Health Literacy Assessment Screening Tool for Domestic Well Owners: The Water Environmental Literacy Level Scale (WELLS).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- The Strong Heart Water Study: Informing and designing a multi-level intervention to reduce arsenic exposure among private well users in Great Plains Indian Nations.The Science of the total environment · 2019Article
- Health protective behavior following required arsenic testing under the New Jersey Private Well Testing Act.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2018Article
- Challenges and Opportunities for Tribal Waters: Addressing Disparities in Safe Public Drinking Water on the Crow Reservation in Montana, USA.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- From Content Knowledge to Community Change: A Review of Representations of Environmental Health Literacy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Review
- Community Engaged Cumulative Risk Assessment of Exposure to Inorganic Well Water Contaminants, Crow Reservation, Montana.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Arsenic in private well water part 2 of 3: Who benefits the most from traditional testing promotion?The Science of the total environment · 2016Article
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Abstract
Maximum contaminant levels created by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Safe Drinking Water Act do not apply to private wells. Rather, the onus is on individual households to undertake regular water testing. Several barriers exist to testing and treating water from private wells, including a lack of awareness about both well water as a potential source of contaminants and government-recommended water testing schedules; a health literacy level that may not be sufficient to interpret complex environmental health messages; the inconvenience of water testing; the financial costs of testing and treatment; and a myriad of available treatment options. The existence of these barriers is problematic because well water can be a source of hazardous contaminants. This article describes an initiative--undertaken by the Tuftonboro (New Hampshire) Conservation Commission, with support from state agencies and a research program at Dartmouth College--to increase water testing rates in a rural region with a relatively high number of wells. The project prompted more water tests at the state laboratory in one day than in the prior six years. This suggests that community-driven, collaborative efforts to overcome practical barriers could be successful at raising testing rates and ultimately improving public health.
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