Adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions following COVID-19 vaccination: a federated cohort study.

ABSTRACT: In pandemic mitigation, strategies such as social distancing and mask-wearing are vital to prevent disease resurgence. Yet, monitoring adherence is challenging, as individuals might be reluctant to share behavioral data with public health authorities. To address this challenge and demonstrate a framework for conducting observational research with sensitive data in a privacy-conscious manner, we employ a privacy-centric epidemiological study design: the federated cohort. This approach leverages recent computational advances to allow for distributed participants to contribute to a prospective, observational research study while maintaining full control of their data. We apply this strategy here to explore pandemic intervention adherence patterns. Participants (n = 3808) were enrolled in our

SUBMITTER: Rader B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11384771 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature