Identifying Methods for Monitoring Foodborne Illness: Review of Existing Public Health Surveillance Techniques.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Traditional methods of monitoring foodborne illness are associated with problems of untimeliness and underreporting. In recent years, alternative data sources such as social media data have been used to monitor the incidence of disease in the population (infodemiology and infoveillance). These data sources prove timelier than traditional general practitioner data, they can help to fill the gaps in the reporting process, and they often include additional metadata that is useful for supplementary research.

Objective

The aim of the study was to identify and formally analyze research papers using consumer-generated data, such as social media data or restaurant reviews, to quantify a disease or public health ailment. Studies of this nature are scarce within the food sa

SUBMITTER: Oldroyd RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6010836 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature