Using Citizen Scientists to Gather, Analyze, and Disseminate Information About Neighborhood Features That Affect Active Living

摘要: Many Latinos are insufficiently active, partly due to neighborhoods with little environmental support for physical activity. Multi-level approaches needed create health-promoting in disadvantaged communities. Participant “citizen scientists” were adolescent (n = 10, mean age = 12.8 ± 0.6 years) and older adult age = 71.3 ± 6.5 years), low income North Fair Oaks, California. Citizen scientists conducted assessments document perceived barriers active living using the Stanford Healthy Neighborhood Discovery Tool, which records GPS-tracked walking routes, photographs, audio narratives, survey responses. Using a community-engaged approach, citizen subsequently attended community meeting engage advocacy training, review assessment data, prioritize issues address brainstorm potential solutions partners. each neighborhood recorded 366 photographs narratives. Adolescents (n = 4), adults (n = 7) members (n = 4) collectively identified reducing trash improving personal safety sidewalk quality as priority address. Three four volunteered present study findings key stakeholders. This demonstrated that minimal low-income, Latino can: (1) use innovative technology gather information about features of their environment influence living, (2) analyze identify solutions, (3) stakeholders advocate development healthier neighborhoods.