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The Feasibility and Acceptability of a Community Science Approach to Explore Infant Formula Preparation Safety in the Home Cover

The Feasibility and Acceptability of a Community Science Approach to Explore Infant Formula Preparation Safety in the Home

Citizen Science: Theory and Practice
Volume 10 (2025): Issue 1
By: Sara Jones,  Jonie Cooper,  Abbie Dolling,  Tara McNamara,  Susan Dvorak,  Vicky Sibson,  Amy Brown,  Emma Yhnell,  Phyll Buchanan,  Sharon Breward,  Rebecca Ellis and  Aimee Grant  
Open Access
|Jan 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.692 | Journal eISSN: 2057-4991
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Language: English
Submitted on: Nov 2, 2023
Accepted on: Nov 23, 2024
Published on: Jan 9, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
community science,
citizen science,
participatory research,
infant formula,
social media research,
parenting research

© 2025 Sara Jones, Jonie Cooper, Abbie Dolling, Tara McNamara, Susan Dvorak, Vicky Sibson, Amy Brown, Emma Yhnell, Phyll Buchanan, Sharon Breward, Rebecca Ellis, Aimee Grant, published by Ubiquity Press
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