Departments of Epidemiology & Population Health and Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jan 21;18(3):892. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18030892.
Growing socioeconomic and structural disparities within and between nations have created 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 citizen science research model, with youth. An overview of 20 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.
国内外不断扩大的社会经济和结构性差距造成了前所未有的健康不平等，而年轻人受此影响最大。虽然政策方法有助于减轻这种不平等，但在资源匮乏和边缘化的社区中实施这些方法往往具有挑战性。社区参与式参与行动研究为解决可能影响健康不平等的物质和社会环境背景提供了一种替代或补充手段。本文的目的是描述一种特殊形式的技术支持参与行动研究的应用，即公民科学研究模式，在年轻人中的应用。对跨越五大洲的 20 项研究的概述表明，来自不同背景、对影响其社区的各种问题感兴趣的青年和年轻人可以成功参与多种贡献性研究过程，包括那些代表整个科学努力的过程。这些活动反过来又可以导致与健康、福利以及有时与气候稳定相关的物质和社会环境发生变化。本文最后探讨了在整个社会经济范围内推进这种年轻人社区参与式公民科学的未来方向。
