An exploration of citizen science for population health research in retail food environments

Pomeroy, Stephanie J.; Minaker, Leia M.; Mah, Catherine L.

doi:10.17269/cjph.108.6099

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“…LEAF created a context-specific tool that communities could use in diverse ways to promote and support food environment action. Similar to the provincial NRC ( Ferdinands et al , 2020 ) and other community-engaged food environment assessments ( Sheats et al , 2017 ; Pomeroy et al , 2017 ), results from this study suggest that the Mini NRCs are a tool to raise awareness about the current status and impact of food environments on eating practices. While studies have documented public support for food environment policies and interventions, support is typically higher for interventions that are less intrusive, such as those that provide nutrition information or education ( Diepeveen et al , 2013 ; Bhawra et al , 2018 ; Kongats et al , 2019 ).…”

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confidence: 60%

Local Environment Action on Food project: impact of a community-based food environment intervention in Canada

Aylward

Milford

Storey

et al. 2021

Health Promotion International

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Summary Children are exposed to food environments that make nutrient-poor, energy-dense food cheap, readily available and heavily marketed; all conditions with potential negative impacts on diet and health. While the need for programmes and policies that improve the status of food environments is clear, greater public support is needed for governments to act. The purpose of this qualitative collective case study was to examine if community engagement in the Local Environment Action on Food (LEAF) project, a community-based food environment intervention in Alberta, Canada, could build public support and create action to promote healthy food environments. Semi-structured interviews with a purposeful sample of 26 stakeholders from 7 communities explored LEAF’s impact and stakeholder experiences creating change. Data collection and analysis were iterative, following Charmaz’s constant comparative analysis strategy. Participants reported environmental and community impacts from LEAF. Notably, LEAF created a context-specific tool, a Mini Nutrition Report Card, that communities used to promote and support food environment action. Further, analysis outlined perceived barriers and facilitators to creating community-level food environment action, including level of engagement in LEAF, perceived controllability, community priorities, policy enforcement and resources. Findings from this study suggest that community-based interventions, such as LEAF, can help build community capacity and reduce existing barriers to community-level food environment action. Thus, they can provide an effective method to build public awareness, demand and action for healthier food environments.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 60%

Local Environment Action on Food project: impact of a community-based food environment intervention in Canada

Aylward

Milford

Storey

et al. 2021

Health Promotion International

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“…Despite broad potential, citizen science has not been fully utilised in food environment research and practice [ 14 , 15 ]. A comprehensive overview of the current status of food environments may spur a broader discussion about how to improve the healthfulness of food environments and promote community-level action.…”

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Citizen science in monitoring food environments: a qualitative collective case study of stakeholders’ experiences during the Local Environment Action on Food project in Alberta, Canada

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Background Citizen science bears potential to build a comprehensive view of global food environments and create a broader discussion about how to improve them. Despite its potential, citizen science has not been fully utilised in food environment research. Thus, we sought to explore stakeholders’ experiences of the Local Environment Action on Food (LEAF) project, a community-based intervention that employs a citizen science approach to monitoring food environments. Methods We used a qualitative collective case study design to explore citizen science through the LEAF process in seven communities in Alberta, Canada. Data generating strategies included semi-structured interviews with citizen scientists (n = 26), document review of communities’ Mini Nutrition Report Cards (n = 7), and researcher observation. Data were analyzed in a multi-phase process, using Charmaz’s constant comparison analysis strategy. Results Analysis revealed two main themes: relationship building and process factors. Communities used three interconnected strategies, engaging the right people, treading lightly, and reaching a consensus, to navigate the vital but challenging relationship building process. Process factors, which were influences on the LEAF process and relationship building, included the local context, flexibility in the LEAF process, and turnover among LEAF community groups. Conclusion Citizen science through the LEAF project supported the creation and application of food environment evidence: it enabled residents to collect and interpret local food environment data, develop realistic recommendations for change, and provided them with an evidence-based advocacy tool to support the implementation of these recommendations. We recommend a web application that enables independent community food environment assessments. Such a tool could stimulate and sustain citizen involvement in food environment efforts, helping to build the necessary evidence base and promote the creation of healthy food environments.

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“…Citizen science is a terminology given to an activity involving individuals and communities that are oriented to gathering information and then sharing that information with the world both directly and indirectly [5], [6], [7]. Citizen science from the social side is useful in democratizing knowledge among the community, increasing the role of the community and increasing community involvement in local issues and increasing community benefits for the government and the environment [8], [9].…”

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Citizen Participation in Responding to Natural Disasters Through Twitter Messages

Pamuji

Aknuranda²,

Ramdani³

2020

JITeCS

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Citizen participation in collect and distribute information increase the role of the citizen involvement in local issues and increasing the benefits of society for the government and the environment. The contribution of citizens can be useful in helping to deal with environment problems and assist certain parties in meeting data needs, this is commonly referred to as citizen science. In its development, citizen science involvement in providing information began to involve social media as a platform for sharing information. In this study we try to explore citizen science of Indonesia, we conduct case study exploring how citizen in Indonesia used social media such as Twitter in response to one of the country’s worst disaster in 2018 namely Lombok Earthquake. By analyzing these user generate message we may know what the response of Indonesian citizen during event and understand more about citizen science in Indonesia through social media including its role and contribution. The information also may assist local communities in obtaining up-to-date information, providing assistance according to needs of the populace and use to manage and plan disaster relief both during and after the event.

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An exploration of citizen science for population health research in retail food environments

Cited by 6 publications

References 12 publications

Local Environment Action on Food project: impact of a community-based food environment intervention in Canada

Local Environment Action on Food project: impact of a community-based food environment intervention in Canada

Citizen science in monitoring food environments: a qualitative collective case study of stakeholders’ experiences during the Local Environment Action on Food project in Alberta, Canada

Citizen Participation in Responding to Natural Disasters Through Twitter Messages

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