Citizen science is increasing in popularity but remains largely located in the disciplines of environmental and natural sciences. However, it has the potential to be a useful tool in other disciplines such as health. The aim of this study was to identify the factors for involvement (or non-involvement) in health-related citizen science projects using the Our Outdoors citizen science initiative as an example. Our Outdoors aims to understand how urban and rural shared outdoors spaces (e.g., parks, lakes, rivers, beaches) can affect human health and well-being (both positively and negatively). Understanding the motivations for involvement in such a program is likely to be useful for increasing participation rates and involvement. Qualitative research methods were used in this study in which semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 participants from two community projects in Scotland, United Kingdom. A thematic analysis revealed five key themes pertaining to the factors that motivated engagement with health-related citizen science projects such as Our Outdoors. These include enhancing social connectedness; personal learning development; making a difference in the community; gaining health and well-being benefits; and finally, demotivating factors relating to time constraints and the term “citizen science”. This study concludes that emphasising motivating factors in the promotional material for health-related citizen science projects may increase recruitment and the active involvement of participants. Similarly, reducing the presence of demotivating factors and considering the use of the term “citizen science” is likely to encourage participation

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是什么促使志愿者参与与健康相关的公民科学计划？我们的户外案例研究

公民科学越来越受欢迎，但仍主要位于环境和自然科学学科。然而，它有可能成为健康等其他学科的有用工具。本研究的目的是以“我们的户外” 公民科学计划为例，确定参与（或不参与）与健康相关的公民科学项目的因素。我们的户外活动 旨在了解城市和农村共享的户外空间（例如公园、湖泊、河流、海滩）如何影响人类健康和福祉（积极和消极）。了解参与此类计划的动机可能有助于提高参与率和参与度。本研究采用了定性研究方法，对来自英国苏格兰两个社区项目的 12 名参与者进行了半结构化访谈。一项主题分析揭示了五个关键主题，这些主题与促使人们参与与健康相关的公民科学项目（如我们的户外活动）的因素有关。其中包括加强社会联系；个人学习发展；在社区中有所作为；获得健康和福利；最后，与时间限制和“公民科学”一词有关的消极因素。本研究得出的结论是，在与健康相关的公民科学项目的宣传材料中强调激励因素可能会增加参与者的招募和积极参与。同样，减少消极因素的存在并考虑使用“公民科学”一词可能会鼓励参与