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How can citizen science help public health research?

This project piloted a citizen science approach to monitor workplace support for breastfeeding, providing novel insights that would not be picked up through more traditional approaches.
  • How can citizen science help public health research?

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Key messages

  • Citizen science is the involvement of the public in scientific research as co-researchers, for example, to collect and analyse data.
  • Citizen science can provide valuable insights to monitor the ongoing impact of policy.
  • We piloted a citizen science approach to monitor workplace support for breastfeeding.
  • The project provided novel insights that would not be picked up through more traditional approaches.
  • We are in the process of exploring what these findings mean for policy and practice around workplace breastfeeding and how we can take this work forward.
  • More work is required to advance the application of citizen science approaches in public health research and practice.

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  • Introduction to citizen science in prevention

    Resource category: Factsheets Factsheets
    Date 12 Oct 2021
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DATE 9 Sep 2019

TYPE Findings Brief

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  • Professor Emeritus Penny Hawe

    The University of Sydney
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    The University of Sydney
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  • Dr Samantha Rowbotham

    The University of Sydney
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