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ArticleHealth promotion international2023

Harnessing citizen science in health promotion: perspectives of policy and practice stakeholders in Australia.

Yvonne Laird, Leah Marks, Ben J Smith, Pippy Walker, Kate Garvey, Kim Jose, Sean O'Rourke, Katherine Pontifex, Karen Wardle, Samantha Rowbotham

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Article in Health promotion international, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Citizen Science Studies in Nursing: A Systematic Review.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Yvonne LairdPrevention Research Collaboration, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9447-3439
Leah MarksCharles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8037-9812
Ben J SmithPrevention Research Collaboration, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6227-5566
Pippy WalkerCharles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3043-1069
Kate GarveyDepartment of Health, Tasmanian Government, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Kim JoseMenzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9346-6429
Sean O'RourkeVicHealth, West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Katherine PontifexWellbeing SA, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1548-7053
Karen WardleSouth Western Sydney Local Health District, Warwick Farm, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6075-7123
Samantha RowbothamCharles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2242-6921

Funding

ACT HealthCancer Council AustraliaDepartment of Health, Australian GovernmentNHMRC partnership centreTasmanian Department of HealthThe Australian Prevention Partnership CentreVicHealthWellbeing SA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Citizen science is rapidly gaining momentum as a means of involving members of the public in research and decision-making in disease prevention and health promotion. However, citizen science projects have predominantly been led by academic researchers and there is limited understanding of how to support the application of citizen science approaches in policy and practice settings. This study aimed to understand the perceptions, motivations and early experiences of applying citizen science approaches in policy and practice settings. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with policy and practice stakeholders who were leading citizen science projects (project partners, n = 7), and their implementation partners (project implementers, n = 11). Participants viewed citizen science as an opportunity to access hard-to-reach data and to enhance engagement with community members to support policy and practice change. Barriers and facilitators of citizen science in policy and practice settings included navigating collaborative relationships, team capacity and resources available to deliver projects, recruitment and engagement of citizen scientists and ethical considerations in the design and implementation of citizen science projects. Findings support the feasibility and wider application of citizen science approaches in health promotion and are being used to inform the development of tools and resources to build capacity in these approaches in policy and practice settings.

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Citizen ScienceAustraliaHealth PromotionHumansMotivationPolicycapacity buildingcitizen sciencecommunity engagementhealth behaviourpublic health

Identifiers

PMID37706963
PMCPMC10500964

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