EHESP, F-35000 Rennes, France.
Univ Rennes, EHESP, CNRS, ARENES-UMR 6051, F-35000 Rennes, France.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Sep 24;18(19):10046. doi: 10.3390/ijerph181910046.
While the figure of ambassador is being increasingly called upon in the field of environmental health, its scope remains fuzzy and its success factors have been little studied. This article presents the results of a qualitative study performed over three years on a French citizen-sensor scheme for air quality. The scheme draws on volunteer citizens to measure fine particles by means of micro-sensors. Volunteers are also tasked with raising awareness in their entourage about environmental issues with the aim of changing people's behaviour. We investigated this strategy and sought to identify the conditions that enable citizens to become effective clean air ambassadors. The scheme's intervention logic was first reconstructed and a literature review of similar projects was conducted. Then, three surveys were carried out with the scheme's volunteers. Each survey consisted of an observation of the volunteers' practices and individual interviews (70 in all) in order to understand these citizen-sensors motivations and experiences, and characterize how they fulfilled their role. We concluded that, for citizen sensing, the scope and role of ambassador should be reconsidered insofar as these citizens serve as peer leaders and mediators. In this respect, we try to define the success factors for citizen-sensing-based ambassadors programmes.
尽管在环境卫生领域越来越多地需要大使这个角色，但它的范围仍然模糊不清，其成功因素也很少被研究。本文介绍了一项历时三年的法国公民传感器空气质量计划的定性研究结果。该计划利用志愿者公民使用微传感器来测量细颗粒物。志愿者还负责在他们的周围环境中提高对环境问题的认识，目的是改变人们的行为。我们研究了这一策略，并试图确定使公民能够成为有效的清洁空气大使的条件。首先，我们重建了该计划的干预逻辑，并对类似项目进行了文献综述。然后，我们对该计划的志愿者进行了三次调查。每次调查都包括对志愿者实践的观察和个人访谈（总共 70 次），以了解这些公民传感器的动机和经验，并描述他们如何履行自己的角色。我们的结论是，对于公民感应，大使的范围和角色应该重新考虑，因为这些公民充当同行领导者和调解员。在这方面，我们试图定义基于公民感应的大使计划的成功因素。
