Digital Epidemiological Approaches in HIV Research: a Scoping Methodological Review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of review

The purpose of this scoping review was to summarize literature regarding the use of user-generated digital data collected for non-epidemiological purposes in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) research.

Recent findings

Thirty-nine papers were included in the final review. Four types of digital data were used: social media data, web search queries, mobile phone data, and data from global positioning system (GPS) devices. With these data, four HIV epidemiological objectives were pursued, including disease surveillance, behavioral surveillance, assessment of public attention to HIV, and characterization of risk contexts. Approximately one-third used machine learning for classification, prediction, or topic modeling. Less than a quarter discussed the ethics of

SUBMITTER: Young LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10719139 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature