Beyond water data: benefits to volunteers and to local water from a citizen science program

Church, Sarah P.; Payne, Lindsey; Peel, Sara; Prokopy, Linda Stalker

doi:10.1080/09640568.2017.1415869

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“…As a result, non-volunteers also improved knowledge and skills, which in turn, will foster the adoption of malaria control measures. These results support earlier citizen science studies which also revealed a diffusion of knowledge in volunteers' social networks (Bremer et al, 2019;Church et al, 2019). When non-volunteers are aware of the program, there is a high chance of people willing to join the project.…”

Section: Impact Of the Citizen Science Programsupporting

confidence: 89%

“…Generally, learning and contributing to a better health and a better environment were factors that played a leading role in initial and ongoing phases of participation. These factors have been also reported by Church et al (2019). As a result of the perceived severity of malaria, people believed that participation in citizen science could decrease their chance of getting malaria by increasing the knowledge about control measures, and in turn, improving the control of mosquito breeding sites in their home environment.…”

Section: The Need For Participation and Retention Of Volunteers In CImentioning

confidence: 80%

“…Depending on the diversity of volunteers, social networks can vary and include a variety of people like neighbours, colleagues, friends, workmates, customers, students, and others (Bremer et al, 2019). This social network indicates how information sharing in citizen science promotes behaviour change and enhances collective actions (Church et al, 2019;Overdevest et al, 2004).…”

Section: Impact Of the Citizen Science Programmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Citizen science for malaria control in Rwanda : Engagement, motivation, and behaviour change

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D o m in a A s in g iz w e D o m in a A s in g iz w e C i t i z e n s c i e n c e f o r m a l a r i a c o n t r o l i n R w a n d a General introduction 9 Malaria in Rwanda Encouraged by the progress made in the reduction of malaria over the last decade, Rwanda planned to achieve the malaria pre-elimination phase by 2018 (President's Malaria Initiative, 2015). However, since 2012, Rwanda experienced a remarkable increase in malaria incidence that was reported across the country, especially in the eastern and southern regions, and this caused a great concern (MoH, 2017a; President's Malaria Initiative, 2016). A malariometric survey conducted in 2013 in the eastern part of Rwanda revealed a prevalence of malaria parasitemia of around 6% (Kateera, Mens, et al., 2015). Malaria prevalence continued to increase as time progressed. A Rwanda malaria indicator survey conducted in 2017 indicated 10 Malaria control measures Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs), Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS), and control of mosquito breeding sites are the primary measures that have been used to control malaria in many malaria-endemic countries including Rwanda. Globally, 80% of insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs) (the first generation mosquito nets) delivered by manufacturers, were distributed through mass distribution campaigns, and 87% of the total ITNs produced in 2018, were distributed to Sub-Saharan African countries (WHO, 2019). In 2006 Rwanda had the first mass campaign distribution of LLINs (the next generation mosquito nets) targeting pregnant women and children under five years of age (MoH & (NISR), 2009). Since then, the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) has collaborated with the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) and the Global Fund to continue the procurement and distribution of LLINs to achieve universal coverage as recommended by the World Health Organization (President's Malaria Initiative, 2017). The Rwanda Ministry of Health reported that between December 2016 and March 2017, more than 5 million LLINs were distributed countrywide (MoH, 2017a). Generally, in 2019 only half (50%) of people at risk of malaria in Sub Saharan Africa slept under LLINs, and only 57% of the population had access to LLINs; this remains far from the target of universal coverage (WHO, 2019). In the same line, the recent Rwanda malaria indicator survey report indicated that 84% of households own at least one LLIN, and 72% have access to LLINs, meaning that 72% have enough LLINs (one for two people) (MOH, 2017b). However, 64% of the households visited slept under an LLIN the night before the survey, this indicates a gap between the accessibility and use; as well as between ownership and use of LLINs (MOH, 2017b). Different authors have explored the factors associated with the use of LLINs. Babalola et al. (2018) reported factors including sociodemographic and household variables, and psychosocial variables to be associated with using a bed net every night rather than rarely or never using a bed net. Although the protective effect of LLIN...

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Section: Impact Of the Citizen Science Programsupporting

confidence: 89%

Section: The Need For Participation and Retention Of Volunteers In CImentioning

confidence: 80%

Section: Impact Of the Citizen Science Programmentioning

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“…Given the need to engage youth and retain older volunteers, recruitment communications of agencies (e.g., program webpage, Facebook page, or word of mouth) should emphasize the benefits to both organizations and volunteers so the message gets out to the most appropriate volunteer age groups. The messages could go out formally, e.g., via an agency or website, or informally through social networks [78]. Recruitment efforts to mobilize adult volunteers in environmental activities should also focus on reciprocal relationships.…”

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confidence: 99%

Predicting the Commitment of Volunteers’ Environmental Stewardship: Does Generativity Play a Role?

Ding

Schuett

2020

Sustainability

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This study examined factors that contribute to the commitment of volunteers’ environmental stewardship through motivations, satisfaction, and generativity. Generativity, a focus on the next generation, has not been examined in the content of environmental stewardship. Volunteers for the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) were surveyed online from May to September of 2016 (n = 1111). Through structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis, our findings validated six categories of motivations (helping the environment, project organization, values, learning, career, and social), four dimensions of satisfaction (organizational support, project organization, sense of empowerment, and group integration), and two factors of commitment (affective commitment and normative commitment). Our findings showed positive and significant path correlations for four latent variables (motivations, satisfaction, commitment, and generativity). This study contributes to the literature by showing the potential for generativity to contribute to environmental stewardship, and by enhancing stewardship efforts for agencies and organizations in recruiting and engaging volunteers.

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“…There are also different incentives for participation in different stakeholder groups to consider (Verbrugge et al 2017). The most prominent motivations to participate seems to be an enthusiasm for the goals of the project (Brandeis and Carrera Zamanillo 2017;Church et al 2019;Roy et al 2012;Van Brussel and Huyse 2019;Wright et al 2015), involvement in the scientific process and the mere joy of, or love for, nature (Roy et al 2012;Wright et al 2015). On the same notion, a study on participant behavior found that risk perception had a positive impact on participation intention and behavior (Xu et al 2020).…”

Section: Engaging and Empowering Volunteersmentioning

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Behind the scenes of planning for public participation: planning for air-quality monitoring with low-cost sensors

Ekman

Weilenmann

2020

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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We report from an environmental monitoring project planning for public participation to evaluate low-cost air pollution sensors. With an ethnographic approach, we studied how challenges were expressed and negotiated in discussions among project members when planning to involve the public in monitoring with low-cost sensors. Data was collected through participant observation of project meetings. Our analysis shows that perceived challenges involve data quality (i.e. reliability and validity), support, creating a sense of ownership and trust, as well as how to handle a possible rearrangement of power between authorities and the public. In order for the project to have control over different parts of the process when planning for public participation, they cannot stay true to all of the goals. This study contributes to the understanding of factors that foster the use of community-based data, and on the barriers for engaging the public in policy issues.

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Beyond water data: benefits to volunteers and to local water from a citizen science program

Cited by 23 publications

References 52 publications

Citizen science for malaria control in Rwanda : Engagement, motivation, and behaviour change

Citizen science for malaria control in Rwanda : Engagement, motivation, and behaviour change

Predicting the Commitment of Volunteers’ Environmental Stewardship: Does Generativity Play a Role?

Behind the scenes of planning for public participation: planning for air-quality monitoring with low-cost sensors

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