ABSTRACT Gardenroots: A Citizen Science Project (2015) is the product of a needs assessment, revealing environmental quality concerns of gardeners living near hazardous waste or resource extraction activities. Participants were trained, collected garden samples for analysis, and later received their data visualized (individual and aggregated) via community events or mail. This article describes participant motivations, changes in knowledge and efficacy, and whether these depend on the mode of data sharing and visualization. Motivations were internal, and self-efficacy increased, while knowledge and satisfaction were higher in event attendees due to increased researcher contact. This reveals importance of data-sharing events, data visualizations, and participatory research processes.

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公众参与，信任和数据共享：花园是公民科学和环境健康素养工作的枢纽

摘要Gardenroots：一项公民科学项目（2015年）是一项需求评估的结果，揭示了生活在危险废物或资源开采活动附近的园丁对环境质量的关注。培训了参与者，收集了花园样本进行分析，然后通过社区事件或邮件将其数据可视化（单独和汇总）。本文介绍了参与者的动机，知识和功效的变化，以及这些动机是否取决于数据共享和可视化的模式。动机是内部的，自我效能增强，而由于与研究人员的接触增加，活动参与者的知识和满意度更高。这揭示了数据共享事件，数据可视化和参与性研究过程的重要性。