Open AccessTravel medicine and mHealth technology: a study using smartphones to collect health data during travel
Author(s) -
Andrea Farnham,
Ulf Blanke,
Emily Stone,
Milo A. Puhan,
Christoph Hatz
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of travel medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1708-8305
pISSN - 1195-1982
DOI - 10.1093/jtm/taw056
Subject(s) - medicine , travel medicine , mhealth , destinations , medical emergency , environmental health , family medicine , psychological intervention , tourism , nursing , geography , archaeology , psychiatry
mHealth methodology such as smartphone applications offers new opportunities to capture the full range of health risks during travel in real time. Our study aims to widen the scope of travel health research in tropical and subtropical destinations by using a smartphone application to collect detailed information on health behaviours, clinical symptoms, accidents and environmental factors during travel.
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