Developing a Digital Solution for Dengue Through Epihack: Qualitative Evaluation Study of a Five-Day Health Hackathon in Sri Lanka.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease that has increasingly affected Sri Lanka in recent years. To address this issue, dengue surveillance through increasingly prevalent digital surveillance applications has been suggested for use by health authorities and the general public. Epihack Sri Lanka was a 5-day hackathon event organized to develop a digital dengue surveillance tool.

Objective

The goal of the research was to examine the effectiveness of a collaborative hackathon that brought together information technology (IT) and health experts from around the globe to develop a solution to the dengue pandemic in Sri Lanka.

Methods

Ethnographic observation and qualitative informal interviews were conducted with 58 attendees from 11 countries over the 5-day Ep

SUBMITTER: Panchapakesan C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6740162 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature