ArticleGenetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics2017
Motivations of participants in the citizen science of microbiomics: data from the British Gut Project.
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- HDHL-INTIMIC: A European Knowledge Platform on Food, Diet, Intestinal Microbiomics, and Human Health.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Standards for Collection, Preservation, and Transportation of Fecal Samples in TCM Clinical Trials.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022Article
- An Ethics Framework for Evaluating Ownership Practices in Biomedical Citizen Science.Citizen science : theory and practice · 2022Article
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- Meeting the needs of underserved populations: setting the agenda for more inclusive citizen science of medicine.Journal of medical ethics · 2019Article
- Data Work: Meaning-Making in the Era of Data-Rich Medicine.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Article
- The feasibility of using citizens to segment anatomy from medical images: Accuracy and motivation.PloS one · 2019Article
- LogMPIE, pan-India profiling of the human gut microbiome using 16S rRNA sequencing.Scientific data · 2018Article
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Abstract
purposeThe establishment of databases for research in human microbiomics is dependent on the recruitment of sufficient numbers and diversity of participants. Factors that support or impede participant recruitment in studies of this type have not yet been studied.
methodsWe report the results of a survey aimed at establishing the motivations of participants in the British Gut Project, a research project that relies on volunteers to provide samples and to help fund the project.
resultsThe two most frequently reported motivations for participation were altruism and solidarity. Low education levels appeared to be a recruitment obstacle. More than half of our 151 respondents said they would participate in further citizen-science projects; 38% said they would not participate in a similar project if it was for-profit or in a project that did not release data sets in repositories accessible to scientists (30%).
conclusionsThe desire to take part in research was reported as a key motivation for participation in the British Gut Project (BGP). Such prosocial motivations can be mobilized for the establishment of large data sets for research.Genet Med advance online publication 26 January 2017.
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