Leveraging Citizen Science and Information Technology for Population Physical Activity Promotion.

Autor:	King AC; Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, and Division of Epidemiology, Department of Health Research & Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA., Winter SJ; Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA., Sheats JL; Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA., Rosas LG; Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA; Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA., Buman MP; School of Nutrition and Health Promotion, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ., Salvo D; Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Austin, TX., Rodriguez NM; Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA., Seguin RA; Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca NY., Moran M; The University of Haifa School of Public Health, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, the University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel., Garber R; Eshel-The Association for the Planning and Development of Services for the Aged in Israel, Jerusalem, Israel., Broderick B; Santa Clara County Public Health Department, San Jose CA., Zieff SG; Laboratory for Studies in Physical Activity, Culture & Education, Department of Kinesiology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA., Sarmiento OL; School of Medicine Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia., Gonzalez SA; School of Medicine Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia., Banchoff A; Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA., Dommarco JR; Centro de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Translational journal of the American College of Sports Medicine [Transl J Am Coll Sports Med] 2016 May 15; Vol. 1 (4), pp. 30-44.
Abstrakt:	Purpose: While technology is a major driver of many of society's comforts, conveniences, and advances, it has been responsible, in a significant way, for engineering regular physical activity and a number of other positive health behaviors out of people's daily lives. A key question concerns how to harness information and communication technologies (ICT) to bring about positive changes in the health promotion field. One such approach involves community-engaged "citizen science," in which local residents leverage the potential of ICT to foster data-driven consensus-building and mobilization efforts that advance physical activity at the individual, social, built environment, and policy levels. Method: The history of citizen science in the research arena is briefly described and an evidence-based method that embeds citizen science in a multi-level, multi-sectoral community-based participatory research framework for physical activity promotion is presented. Results: Several examples of this citizen science-driven community engagement framework for promoting active lifestyles, called "Our Voice", are discussed, including pilot projects from diverse communities in the U.S. as well as internationally. Conclusions: The opportunities and challenges involved in leveraging citizen science activities as part of a broader population approach to promoting regular physical activity are explored. The strategic engagement of citizen scientists from socio-demographically diverse communities across the globe as both assessment as well as change agents provides a promising, potentially low-cost and scalable strategy for creating more active, healthful, and equitable neighborhoods and communities worldwide.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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