A Scoping Review of Health-Related Citizen Science Projects Involving Indigenous Peoples in Australia and Internationally.

ABSTRACT:

Issue addressed

Citizen science, an approach to health promotion that involves public participation and collaboration, has been posited as a promising approach to reach diverse or marginalised populations. This scoping review aims to explore the involvement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and other First Nations and Indigenous peoples internationally in citizen science in health-related studies. While current health promotion in Indigenous communities is already strongly embedded in participatory approaches, we sought to examine whether citizen science methodologies have been used in health promotion and see what it could add.

Methods

We searched three databases for self-identified citizen science studies on health-related topics in the peer-reviewed literature usi

SUBMITTER: Chau JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12414621 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature