From Crowdsourcing to Extreme Citizen Science: Participatory Research for Environmental Health

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue , 2018, Pages 335-350

  English, P B ^a   Richardson, M J ^b   Garzon Galvis C ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

citizen science; community engaged research; crowdsourcing; environmental sensors; health policy; participatory research

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CROWDSOURCING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL JUSTICE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CROWDSOURCING; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS;

EID: 85044860576     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: 15452093     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-040617-013702     Document Type: Review

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