Leveraging mHealth Technologies for Public Health.

ABSTRACT: Traditional public health surveillance efforts are generally based on self-reported data. Although well validated, these methods may nevertheless be subjected to limitations such as biases, delays, and costs or logistical challenges. An alternative is the use of smart technologies (eg, smartphones and smartwatches) to complement self-report indicators. Having embedded sensors that provide zero-effort, passive, and continuous monitoring of health variables, these devices generate data that could be leveraged for cases in which the data are related to the same self-report metric of interest. However, some challenges must be considered when discussing the use of mobile health technologies for public health to ensure digital health equity, privacy, and best practices. This paper provides, thro

SUBMITTER: Velmovitsky PE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11427850 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature