Development of Environmental Health Competencies through Compulsory Education. A Polyhedral Approach Based on the SDGs

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The subject of this paper is interesting. The authors investigated the competencies in environmental health acquired by students during compulsory education. This study is based on a large sample. I feel that overall it is well written and structured.

Author Response

Thank you very much for your very positive review. We have conducted another minor review and corrected small typos and some language and formatting issues. We have also improved figure 1. All changes made have been marked.

Reviewer 2 Report

This paper presents an interesting study of the development of environmental health competences through compulsory education in several Spanish regions. This issue is relevant and innovative.

Both the title and the abstract are clear. The abstract gives clear and enough information on the aim, the methodology, the context and the main results of the study.

There is a clear integration and coherence between the different parts of the article.

The review of the literature is adequate and up-to-date, demonstrating knowledge of environmental health literacy as an emerging framework.

The objectives of the article are clear and the data collection and the data analysis procedures are adequate to the research.

Data is presented and discussed in a well-structured way.

The results obtained are a good catalyst for reflexion and discussion about the impact of the education system on the development of environmental health competences and the necessary measures to increase students' environmental health literacy.

Author Response

Thank you very much for your very positive review. We have conducted another minor review and corrected small typos and some language and formatting issues. We have also improved figure 1. All changes made have been marked.