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Previous studies have highlighted that many women remain unaware of parabens, exhibiting low risk perception and limited knowledge, which restricts behavior change toward safer choices.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n To address this gap, this project developed the Paraben-Free & Me educational toolkit using the integrate, design, assess, and share framework.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n Toolkit development methodology involved empathizing with target users, defining specific behaviors, grounding the data in the health belief model, ideating implementation strategies, prototyping, gathering user feedback, and building a minimum viable product.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n The Paraben-Free & Me toolkit includes multimedia resources such as blog posts, interactive quizzes, videos, podcasts, and forums aimed at increasing knowledge, risk perceptions, and health beliefs and facilitating paraben-free behaviors.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n This toolkit shows potential to inform women about endocrine-disrupting chemicals, reduce exposures, and improve health outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.2196\/85474","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,13]],"date-time":"2026-02-13T19:52:34Z","timestamp":1771012354000},"page":"e85474-e85474","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Integration of the Integrate, Design, Assess, and Share Framework in Developing the Environmental Health Literacy Toolkit Paraben-Free & Me: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial"],"prefix":"10.2196","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-0823-5879","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Graziella","family":"De Michino","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2642-7200","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Satveer","family":"Dhillon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8608-0889","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Caroline","family":"Barakat","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1010","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"R1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.envres.2021.112415","article-title":"Association between exposure to parabens and total mortality in US adults","volume":"205","author":"Hendryx","journal-title":"Environ Res"},{"key":"R2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2024.176547","article-title":"Parabens as the double-edged sword: understanding the benefits and potential health risks","volume":"954","author":"Chatterjee","journal-title":"Sci Total Environ"},{"key":"R3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.envres.2023.117385","article-title":"Endocrine disruptors: unravelling the link between chemical exposure and Women\u2019s reproductive health","volume":"241","author":"Hassan","journal-title":"Environ Res"},{"key":"R4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fpubh.2024.1466967","article-title":"Endocrine disruptor chemicals exposure and female fertility declining: from pathophysiology to epigenetic risks","volume":"12","author":"Tricotteaux-Zarqaoui","journal-title":"Front Public Health"},{"key":"R5","unstructured":"Swei H Swanson S Persellin K Lacey A . 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