COVID-19 Mobile Positioning Data Contact Tracing and Patient Privacy Regulations: Exploratory Search of Global Response Strategies and the Use of Digital Tools in Nigeria (Preprint)

Ekong, Iniobong; Chukwu, Emeka; Chukwu, Martha

doi:10.2196/preprints.19139

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“…Some researchers have noted the usefulness of this data to public health and of data sharing across geographic borders [79]. Others have raised the need to assess the potential public health benefits of digital tools and health IT against the imperative to protect and maintain the privacy of patient health data [80][81][82][83][84][85].…”

Section: Governance and Use Of Data And Informationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Keep Moving Forward: Health Informatics and Information Management beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic

Massoudi

Sobolevskaia

2021

Yearb Med Inform

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Objectives: To identify gaps and challenges in health informatics and health information management during the COVID-19 pandemic. To describe solutions and offer recommendations that can address the identified gaps and challenges. Methods: A literature review of relevant peer-reviewed and grey literature published from January 2020 to December 2020 was conducted to inform the paper. Results: The literature revealed several themes regarding health information management and health informatics challenges and gaps: information systems and information technology infrastructure; data collection, quality, and standardization; and information governance and use. These challenges and gaps were often driven by public policy and funding constraints. Conclusions: COVID-19 exposed complexities related to responding to a world-wide, fast moving, quickly spreading novel virus. Longstanding gaps and ongoing challenges in the local, national, and global health and public health information systems and data infrastructure must be addressed before we are faced with another global pandemic.

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Section: Governance and Use Of Data And Informationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…And the US CDC confirmed that all aspects of COVID-19 case investigation and contact tracing must be voluntary, confidential, and culturally appropriate [86]. Public health responses need to ensure that key elements of privacy are not abused or disregarded during emergencies [77,81].…”

Section: Governance and Use Of Data And Informationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Keep Moving Forward: Health Informatics and Information Management beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic

Massoudi

Sobolevskaia

2021

Yearb Med Inform

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Using Mobile Phone Data for Emergency Management: a Systematic Literature Review

Wang

Zhao

et al. 2020

Inf Syst Front

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Emergency management (EM) has always been a concern of people from all walks of life due to the devastating impacts emergencies can have. The global outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 has pushed EM to the top topic. As mobile phones have become ubiquitous, many scholars have shown interest in using mobile phone data for EM. This paper presents a systematic literature review about the use of mobile phone data for EM that includes 65 related articles written between 2014 and 2019 from six electronic databases. Five themes in using mobile phone data for EM emerged from the reviewed articles, and a systematic framework is proposed to illustrate the current state of the research. This paper also discusses EM under COVID-19 pandemic and five future implications of the proposed framework to guide future work.

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Adoption of a Contact Tracing App for Containing COVID-19: A Health Belief Model Approach (Preprint)

Walrave¹,

Waeterloos²,

Ponnet³

2020

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BACKGROUND To diminish the risk of spreading the COVID-19 virus, apps have been developed that trace contacts with COVID-19-infected individuals and warn individuals who are at risk of having contracted the virus. However, the effectiveness of these apps highly depends on their uptake by the population. OBJECTIVE The present study investigated factors influencing app use intention, based on the health belief model. Moreover, associations with respondents’ COVID-19 related news consumption and their health condition was investigated. METHODS A survey was administered in Belgium (Flanders) to 1,500 18- to 64-year-old respondents. Structural equation modelling was used to investigate the relationships among the model’s constructs. RESULTS In total, 48.70% of respondents would like to use the COVID-19 tracing app. The most important predictor was perceived benefits of the app, followed by self-efficacy and perceived barriers. Perceived severity and perceived vulnerability were not related to app uptake intention. Moreover, cues to action, individuals’ exposure to (digital) media content concerning COVID-19, was positively associated with app use intention. As respondents’ age increased, their perceived benefits and self-efficacy for using the app decreased. CONCLUSIONS Initiatives to stimulate COVID-19 app uptake should enhance perceived benefits and self-efficacy. A perceived barrier for some potential users is their concern about privacy. Therefore, when developing and launching an app, how individuals’ privacy is protected should be further clarified. To sustain perceived benefits in the long run, supplementary options could be integrated to inform and assist users.

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COVID-19 Mobile Positioning Data Contact Tracing and Patient Privacy Regulations: Exploratory Search of Global Response Strategies and the Use of Digital Tools in Nigeria (Preprint)

Cited by 5 publications

References 10 publications

Keep Moving Forward: Health Informatics and Information Management beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic

Keep Moving Forward: Health Informatics and Information Management beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic

Using Mobile Phone Data for Emergency Management: a Systematic Literature Review

Adoption of a Contact Tracing App for Containing COVID-19: A Health Belief Model Approach (Preprint)

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