Browsing by Author "Banchoff, Ann"

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    Community-Based Approaches to Reducing Health Inequities and Fostering Environmental Justice through Global Youth-Engaged Citizen Science
    (2021-01-21) King, Abby C; Odunitan-Wayas, Feyisayo A; Chaudhury, Moushumi; Rubio, Maria Alejandra; Baiocchi, Michael; Kolbe-Alexander, Tracy; Montes, Felipe; Banchoff, Ann; Sarmiento, Olga Lucia; Bälter, Katarina; Hinckson, Erica; Chastin, Sebastien; Lambert, Estelle V; González, Silvia A; Guerra, Ana María; Gelius, Peter; Zha, Caroline; Sarabu, Chethan; Kakar, Pooja A; Fernes, Praveena; Rosas, Lisa G; Winter, Sandra J; McClain, Elizabeth; Gardiner, Paul A; on behalf of the Our Voice Global Citizen Science Research Network
    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 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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    Community-driven citizen science approach to explore cardiovascular disease risk perception, and develop prevention advocacy strategies in sub-Saharan Africa: a programme protocol
    (2021-02-26) Okop, Kufre J; Murphy, Kathy; Lambert, Estelle V; Kedir, Kiya; Getachew, Hailemichael; Howe, Rawleigh; Niyibizi, Jean B; Ntawuyirushintege, Selemani; Bavuma, Charlotte; Rulisa, Stephen; Kasenda, Stephen; Chipeta, Effie; Bunn, Christopher; Crampin, Amelia C; Chapotera, Gertrude; King, Abby C; Banchoff, Ann; Winter, Sandra J; Levitt, Naomi S
    Background In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), which experiences a disproportionately high cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden, population-based screening and prevention measures are hampered by low levels of knowledge about CVD and associated risk factors, and inaccurate perceptions of severity of risk. Methods This protocol describes the planned processes for implementing community-driven participatory research, using a citizen science method to explore CVD risk perceptions and to develop community-specific advocacy and prevention strategies in the rural and urban SSA settings. Multi-disciplinary research teams in four selected African countries will engage with and train community members living in rural and urban communities as citizen scientists to facilitate conceptualization, co-designing of research, data gathering, and co-creation of knowledge that can lead to a shared agenda to support collaborative participation in community-engaged science. The emphasis is on robust community engagement, using mobile technology to support data gathering, participatory learning, and co-creation of knowledge and disease prevention advocacy. Discussion Contextual processes applied and lessons learned in specific settings will support redefining or disassembling boundaries in participatory science to foster effective implementation of sustainable prevention intervention programmes in Low- and Middle-income countries.