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Privacy and Security in Mobile Health (mHealth) Research

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Arora, S·2014·Alcohol Research: Current Reviews

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Research on the use of mobile technologies for alcohol use problems is a developing field. Rapid technological advances in mobile health (or mHealth) research generate both opportunities and challenges, including how to create scalable systems capable of collecting unprecedented amounts of data and conducting interventions-some in real time-while at the same time protecting the privacy and safety of research participants. Although the research literature in this area is sparse, lessons can be borrowed from other communities, such as cybersecurity or Internet security, which offer many techniques to reduce the potential risk of data breaches or tampering in mHealth. More research into measures to minimize risk to privacy and security effectively in mHealth is needed. Even so, progress in mHealth research should not stop while the field waits for perfect solutions.

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  1. Mare S Sorber J Shin M Cornelius C Kotz D Adapt-lite: Privacy-aware, secure, and efficient mHealth sensing Proceedings for Workshop on Privacy in the Electronic Society (WPES’11) 137 142 October 2011b Available at http://sharps.org/wp-content/uploads/MAREWPES.pdf
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Authors
Arora, S.
Affiliations
National Institutes of Health (US)
Corresponding author
Arora, S
Venue
Alcohol Research: Current Reviews
Published
2014
Volume
36
Issue
1
Pages
143
ISSN
  • 2168-3492 (ISSN-L)
  • 2169-4796
OpenAlex
W1127100258
Cited by
134
References
17
Citations by year
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FWCI
10.26
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
public-domain
Locations
  • Alcohol research (publishedVersion, public-domain)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, public-domain)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, public-domain)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
Keywords
mobile health, privacy, data security, alcohol use problems, research participant protection, data breaches, cybersecurity, real-time intervention, mobile health intervention
MeSH terms
Humans, Computer Security, Telemedicine, Privacy, Biomedical Research

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