Participant Evaluation of Blockchain-Enhanced Women's Health Research Apps: Mixed Methods Experimental Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Blockchain technology has capabilities that can transform how sensitive personal health data are safeguarded, shared, and accessed in digital health research. Women's health data are considered especially sensitive, given the privacy and safety risks associated with their unauthorized disclosure. These risks may affect research participation. Using a privacy-by-design approach, we developed 2 app-based women's health research study prototypes for user evaluation and assessed how blockchain may impact participation.

Objective

This study aims to seek the perspectives of women to understand whether applications of blockchain technology in app-based digital research would affect their decision to participate and contribute sensitive personal health data.

Methods

SUBMITTER: Ng MY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11979549 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature