scholarly journals On the Potential, Feasibility, and Effectiveness of Chat Bots in Public Health Research Going Forward

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanley John Mierzwa ◽  
Samir Souidi ◽  
Terry Conroy ◽  
Mohammad Abusyed ◽  
Hiroki Watarai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Public Health Research ◽  
Development Tools ◽  
Practical Security

This paper will discuss whether bots, particularly chat bots, can be useful in public health research and health or pharmacy systems operations.  Bots have been discussed for many years; particularly when coupled with artificial intelligence, they offer the opportunity of automating mundane or error-ridden processes and tasks by replacing human involvement with bots. This paper will discuss areas where there are greater advances in the use of bots, as well as areas that may benefit from the use of bots, and will offer practical ways to get started with bot technology.  Several popular bot applications and bot development tools along with practical security considerations will be discussed, and a toolbox that one can begin to use to implement bots will be presented.

scholarly journals Development of a French ecosystem to support cohorts

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
S D Durrleman
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Public Health Research ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Hospital Data ◽  
Joint Coordination ◽  
The Government

Abstract For a long time, the usual research funding mechanisms in France limited the development of very large databases (funding too low or too short for example). Over the past decade, new measures provided unprecedented momentum in our country to structure large cohorts. Due to their very broad scope, cohorts are one of the reference instruments for epidemiological and public health research. Cohorts also help to inform decision-making on risk prevention action, enhance the health system or patient care. For these reasons, the French Ministry of Research identified in 2008 cohort as research infrastructures. With this decision, the Ministry recognizes their usefulness for the public health research community, and more broadly for biomedical research. To fund this ambition, a call for proposal was launch in 2010 by the government as part of the ‘Investments for the Future >>. A dozen patient or general population cohorts are funded through this process, such as Constances, E4N or others. The creation of the National Health Data System in 2017 also reinforces the strategic aspect of cohorts. This system is unique in Europe. He allows cohort data to be linked with data from health insurance, hospital data, causes of death, disability data and supplementary health insurance organizations. The challenge of artificial intelligence also follow the analysis of this data flow. This model is part of a national strategy with several initiatives: joint coordination, shared services (France Cohortes), the France Médecine Génomique plan and the Health Data Hub, as well as the recently announced launch of 4 Institutes for Artificial Intelligence, three out of them having exploitation of health data at the heart of their development strategy. The objective of this intervention will be to present this french integrated model, and mechanisms developed, in terms of tools, resources or staff, at the service of cohorts and researchers.

scholarly journals Utilizing asynchronous email interviews for health research: overview of benefits and drawbacks

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Amri ◽  
Christina Angelakis ◽  
Dilani Logan
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Data Quality ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Public Health Research ◽  
Data Accuracy ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Face To Face

Abstract Objective Through collating observations from various studies and complementing these findings with one author’s study, a detailed overview of the benefits and drawbacks of asynchronous email interviewing is provided. Through this overview, it is evident there is great potential for asynchronous email interviews in the broad field of health, particularly for studies drawing on expertise from participants in academia or professional settings, those across varied geographical settings (i.e. potential for global public health research), and/or in circumstances when face-to-face interactions are not possible (e.g. COVID-19). Results Benefits of asynchronous email interviewing and additional considerations for researchers are discussed around: (i) access transcending geographic location and during restricted face-to-face communications; (ii) feasibility and cost; (iii) sampling and inclusion of diverse participants; (iv) facilitating snowball sampling and increased transparency; (v) data collection with working professionals; (vi) anonymity; (vii) verification of participants; (viii) data quality and enhanced data accuracy; and (ix) overcoming language barriers. Similarly, potential drawbacks of asynchronous email interviews are also discussed with suggested remedies, which centre around: (i) time; (ii) participant verification and confidentiality; (iii) technology and sampling concerns; (iv) data quality and availability; and (v) need for enhanced clarity and precision.

scholarly journals Reporting the methods used in public health research and practice

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 89-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna F. Stroup ◽  
C. Kay Smith ◽  
Benedict I. Truman
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Public Health Research ◽  
Research And Practice
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