Citizen Science in Public Health Policy: Leveraging the Power of Ubiquitous Tools (QI Power Hour)

Guest Speaker: 

Dr. Tarun Katapally, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy

Session Overview: 

From a mobile health (mHealth) perspective, the citizen science approach can be invaluable for ethical population health surveillance, integrated knowledge translation, and policy and real-time interventions. Citizen science can range from contributory and collaborative approaches (data collection and analysis) to co-creation of knowledge (conceptualization and knowledge translation).

This talk delves into the integration of citizen science, community-based participatory research, and systems science through ubiquitous tools to conduct population health research in the digital age.

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More links

• National Post: Citizen Science Can Help Solve Our Data Crisis
• The SMART Framework: Integration of Citizen Science, Community-Based Participatory Research, and Systems Science for Population Health Science in the Digital Age
• The SMART Study, a Mobile Health and Citizen Science Methodological Platform for Active Living Surveillance, Integrated Knowledge Translation, and Policy Interventions: Longitudinal Study