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61,005 resultsShowing papers similar to “I Won’t Use the Term Dumbing It Down, but You Have to Take the Scientific Jargon Out”: A Qualitative Study of Environmental Health Partners’ Communication Practices and Needs
ClearA Strategic Framework for Community Engagement in Oceans and Human Health
This paper presents a strategic framework for community engagement in the Oceans and Human Health field, reviewing how participatory research approaches can connect coastal communities with scientists to address marine environmental threats including plastic pollution. The framework emphasizes co-production of knowledge as essential for translating ocean health research into effective public health responses.
Transdisciplinary research: if it's so important, why aren't we all doing it?
This Dutch paper advocates for transdisciplinary research as an essential approach for tackling complex environmental challenges, describing practical steps for collaboration between academic and applied researchers.
Communicating ocean and human health connections: An agenda for research and practice
This review examines the emerging field of ocean and human health communication, arguing that effective messaging strategies linking ocean pollution to personal health outcomes can motivate public action and policy change more powerfully than broad environmental appeals.
Bridging the gap between microplastic research and social awareness of microplastic pollution through science communication: A call for action
Researchers examined the gap between scientific knowledge of microplastic pollution and public awareness, calling for improved science communication strategies. The study found that despite an enormous body of research documenting microplastics in soil, water, air, and organisms, effective translation of these findings into public understanding and policy action remains inadequate.
Conducting Research in a Post-normal Paradigm: Practical Guidance for Applying Co-production of Knowledge
This review provides practical guidance for applying co-production of knowledge in environmental research, addressing challenges of meaningful scientist-stakeholder engagement to increase public participation and scientific relevance.
Informing the Plastic Treaty negotiations on science - experiences from the Scientists’ Coalition for an Effective Plastic Treaty
Researchers from the Scientists' Coalition for an Effective Plastic Treaty describe how the scientific community self-organized to provide evidence-based input into United Nations negotiations for a global plastics treaty. The paper documents five communication strategies used to translate complex science into actionable guidance for policymakers, offering a model for future science-policy engagement.
Communicating the best available science to inform Antarctic policy and management: a practical introduction for researchers
This practical introduction reviewed how scientists can communicate research findings at the Antarctic Treaty System's science-policy interface, offering guidance for early-career researchers on translating Antarctic and Southern Ocean science into formats useful for policy decision-makers.
Use of scientific evidence to inform environmental health policies and governance strategies at the local level
Researchers examined how scientific evidence informs environmental health policies at the local governance level, finding gaps between available research on emerging contaminants like microplastics and their translation into effective regulatory strategies.
Impact of the environment on the health: From theory to practice
A consensus statement from European epidemiologists and public health professionals calls for stronger training and research on environmental health impacts under a "One Health" framework, emphasizing the need to communicate environmental risks more effectively to stakeholders and policymakers.
Multi-Criteria Relationship Analysis of Knowledge, Perception, and Attitude of Stakeholders for Engagement towards Maritime Pollution at Sea, Beach, and Coastal Environments
Researchers used multi-criteria analysis to assess the knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes of stakeholders toward marine pollution governance, finding persistent gaps between awareness and action, and identifying barriers to mobilizing the level of engagement needed for effective protection of vulnerable coastal ecosystems.
The benefits and negative impacts of citizen science applications to water as experienced by participants and communities
Researchers surveyed participants in citizen science water monitoring projects to understand both the benefits and challenges of public involvement in scientific research. They found that while citizen science projects generate valuable data and increase public awareness of water issues, participants also reported frustrations with technology, data quality concerns, and unclear communication from project organizers. The study offers recommendations for improving citizen science program design to enhance both scientific outcomes and participant satisfaction.
Communicating the health of the planet and its links to human health
This commentary discussed how to more effectively communicate links between planetary health indicators -- including ocean pollution and microplastics -- and human health outcomes to policymakers and the public.
How to strengthen societal impact of research and innovation? Lessons learned from assessing participatory knowledge infrastructures funded by the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development
This paper is not about microplastics; it evaluates participatory knowledge infrastructures in Dutch public health research and innovation to identify lessons for strengthening societal impact.
Alternative Conservation Paradigms and Ecological Knowledge of Small-Scale Artisanal Fishers in a Changing Marine Scenario in Argentina
Researchers used ethnographic interviews to document the ecological knowledge and conservation paradigms of small-scale artisanal fishers in Argentina's Bahía Blanca Estuary, finding that fishers held a communalist worldview and detailed knowledge of climate-driven and pollution-related changes that could meaningfully inform co-management strategies.
Exploring semantic connections through a thesaurus in the earth observation domain
This paper describes the development of a specialized thesaurus for the Earth Observation domain that links environmental contaminant terminology with their potential health effects, facilitating communication between environmental scientists and public health professionals. Better shared vocabulary can help bridge research and policy on environmental pollution including microplastics.
Transdisciplinary science and the importance of Indigenous knowledge
This paper is not directly about microplastics — it is a conceptual article arguing that transdisciplinary science and Indigenous knowledge partnerships are essential for achieving transformational environmental sustainability outcomes, using pollution as one example of complex challenges requiring such approaches.
A collaboratively derived international research agenda on legislative science advice
Researchers from dozens of countries collaboratively ranked the most urgent unanswered questions about how scientific evidence reaches and influences legislators, finding major knowledge gaps — especially for developing nations — about when and why policymakers actually use science. The project identifies environment and health as the top priority domains where better science-policy communication is most needed.
On the theory-practice gap in the environmental realm: perspectives from and for diverse environmental professionals
This study examined the theory-practice gap in environmental decision-making, bringing together experts across landscape planning, conservation science, and environmental sociology to characterize its causes and identify practical recommendations for bridging scientific knowledge with real-world environmental management.
Ilmu Kesehatan Masyarakat Pesisir
This book presents a comprehensive academic treatment of coastal community public health, addressing the complexity of environmental health issues facing coastal populations including exposure to marine pollutants and the intersection of ecosystem degradation with human wellbeing.
In My Boat: a card game designed by community researchers to explore the impact of environmental change on marine ecosystems
Researchers developed an educational card game exploring climate and pollution threats to marine ecosystems through a participatory action research methodology in collaboration with a grassroots community group, finding that participants had general environmental awareness but limited understanding of the causes of environmental change. The study demonstrates that community-co-designed card games can effectively serve as accessible tools for disseminating marine pollution and climate science to the public.
Re-presenting Research
This open-access book investigates how scientific findings are re-presented and transformed when communicated to general audiences through popularization discourse, examining the linguistic and rhetorical strategies used in science communication.
Navigating spaces between conservation research and practice: Are we making progress?
This review examined progress in bridging the gap between conservation research and conservation practice over a decade, finding persistent mismatches remain between scientific findings and field implementation. While not directly about microplastics, this methodological discussion is relevant to applying research on plastic pollution impacts to real-world policy and management decisions.
Scientists’ mental models of microplastics: insights into expert perceptions from an exploratory comparison of research methods
Researchers interviewed and surveyed microplastics scientists to understand how experts mentally map the sources, pathways, and health risks of plastic particle pollution in freshwater systems. Experts consistently pointed to household plastic consumption as a primary driver but acknowledged major gaps in understanding dose-response relationships — how much exposure causes how much harm — highlighting where science communication and risk management need to improve.
Online stakeholder engagement to bridge the science-policy interface for marine pollution research: adaptation & evaluation of the focused conversation method and ORID framework
Researchers adapted a structured conversation method called the ORID framework for online workshops, using it across three marine pollution projects — including microplastics research — to bridge the gap between scientists and policymakers. The approach proved effective at generating actionable recommendations and fostering collaboration across disciplines and government sectors.