Community-based approaches to reducing health inequities and fostering environmental justice through global youth-engaged citizen science
King AC, Odunitan-Wayas FA, Chaudhury M, Rubio MA, Baiocchi M, Kolbe-Alexander T, Montes F, Banchoff A, Sarmiento OL, Bälter K, Hinckson E, Chastin S, Lambert EV, González SA, Guerra AM, Gelius P, Zha C, Sarabu C, Kakar PA, Fernes P, Rosas LG, Winter SJ, McClain E, Gardiner PA (2021)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2021
Journal
Book Volume: 18
Pages Range: 1-29
Article Number: 892
Journal Issue: 3
Abstract
Growing socioeconomic and structural disparities within and between nations have cre-ated unprecedented health inequities that have been felt most keenly among the world’s youth. While policy approaches can help to mitigate such inequities, they are often challenging to enact in under-resourced and marginalized communities. Community-engaged participatory action research provides an alternative or complementary means for addressing the physical and social environmental contexts that can impact health inequities. The purpose of this article is to describe the application of a particular form of technology-enabled participatory action research, called the Our Voice citizen science research model, with youth. An overview of 20 Our Voice studies occurring across five continents indicates that youth and young adults from varied backgrounds and with interests in diverse issues affecting their communities can participate successfully in multiple contributory research processes, including those representing the full scientific endeavor. These activities can, in turn, lead to changes in physical and social environments of relevance to health, wellbeing, and, at times, climate stabilization. The article ends with future directions for the advancement of this type of community-engaged citizen science among young people across the socioeconomic spectrum.
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Stanford University
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University of Cape Town (UCT)
South Africa (ZA)
Universidad de los Andes - Colombia
Colombia (CO)
Mälardalen University
Sweden (SE)
Auckland University of Technology / Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau
New Zealand (NZ)
Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU)
United Kingdom (GB)
University of Queensland
Australia (AU)
Arkansas Colleges of Health Education
United States (USA) (US)
University of Southern Queensland (USQ)
Australia (AU)
School of Oriental and African Studies University of London (SOAS)
United Kingdom (GB)
United States (USA) (US)
University of Cape Town (UCT)
South Africa (ZA)
Universidad de los Andes - Colombia
Colombia (CO)
Mälardalen University
Sweden (SE)
Auckland University of Technology / Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau
New Zealand (NZ)
Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU)
United Kingdom (GB)
University of Queensland
Australia (AU)
Arkansas Colleges of Health Education
United States (USA) (US)
University of Southern Queensland (USQ)
Australia (AU)
School of Oriental and African Studies University of London (SOAS)
United Kingdom (GB)
How to cite
APA:
King, A.C., Odunitan-Wayas, F.A., Chaudhury, M., Rubio, M.A., Baiocchi, M., Kolbe-Alexander, T.,... Gardiner, P.A. (2021). Community-based approaches to reducing health inequities and fostering environmental justice through global youth-engaged citizen science. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(3), 1-29. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18030892
MLA:
King, Abby C., et al. "Community-based approaches to reducing health inequities and fostering environmental justice through global youth-engaged citizen science." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18.3 (2021): 1-29.
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