Onwezen Marleen C, Bouwman Emily P, van Trijp Hans C M
Wageningen Economic Research, Wageningen University and Research, 2595 BM The Hague, The Netherlands.
Marketing and Consumer Behaviour Group, Wageningen University and Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Foods. 2021 Feb 20;10(2):470. doi: 10.3390/foods10020470.
A trend is visible in the food literature showing an increasing number of publications on studies that incorporate some form of participant engagement, such as citizen science and community-based participatory research. This "participation trend" will inevitably affect the scientific field of food behaviour research. This new trend is however not only associated with advantages, and a critical reflection on both the advantages and disadvantages is needed. The current article is a position paper that contributes to the literature in two main ways. First, participation is still in the developmental stage. Many different forms, methods and definitions are used. By providing a structured overview of a variety of participatory methods derived from a focused search of the literature on food behaviour, we aim to clarify the relationships between the various forms of participation methods. Second, the involvement of citizens in research is increasingly calling for novel research methods (e.g., voluntary recruitment and active involvement), which may be accompanied by both advantages and disadvantages. We add to the literature by developing a framework that indicates the advantages and disadvantages of participatory methods in food behaviour research. Our study highlights the relevance of differentiating the goal of the researcher (efficiency versus engagement) and the role of citizens (collecting versus creating), thus implying a trade-off between cost-effectiveness and involvement, as well as between data richness and data quality. Our work is a first effort to create structure and guidance within a new area. Our efforts could be used in future research aimed at developing more extensive protocols and tools for the application of participation in research, thereby offering a controlled manner to ensure that research stays abreast of our changing society.
食品文献中呈现出一种趋势，即越来越多关于纳入某种形式参与者参与的研究的出版物，如公民科学和基于社区的参与性研究。这种“参与趋势”将不可避免地影响食品行为研究的科学领域。然而，这种新趋势不仅带来优势，还需要对其优缺点进行批判性反思。当前这篇立场文件主要从两个方面为该文献做出贡献。首先，参与仍处于发展阶段。使用了许多不同的形式、方法和定义。通过对食品行为文献的重点检索得出的各种参与性方法进行结构化概述，我们旨在阐明各种参与形式之间的关系。其次，公民参与研究越来越需要新颖的研究方法（例如，自愿招募和积极参与），这可能伴随着优点和缺点。我们通过建立一个框架来补充文献，该框架指出了食品行为研究中参与性方法的优缺点。我们的研究强调了区分研究者目标（效率与参与）和公民角色（收集与创造）的相关性，从而意味着在成本效益与参与度之间以及数据丰富性与数据质量之间进行权衡。我们的工作是在一个新领域内创建结构和指导的首次尝试。我们的努力可用于未来旨在开发更广泛的参与研究应用方案和工具的研究，从而提供一种可控方式，以确保研究跟上我们不断变化的社会。
