COVIDTAS COVID-19 Tracing App Scale—An Evaluation Framework

Raman, Raghu; Achuthan, Krishnashree; Vinuesa, Ricardo; Nedungadi, Prema

doi:10.3390/su13052912

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“…Several studies suggest that the symptoms associated with COVID-19 may be exacerbated due to increasing pollution levels [57], a fact that closely connects SDGs 3 (on health) and 11 (on sustainable cities). Another important aspect regarding the management of the COVID-19 has to do with the digital-contact-tracing apps, which aimed at achieving better control of the pandemic, with a positive impact on SDG 3, but could potentially exhibit challenges [58][59][60] in the context of SDGs 10 (on reduced inequalities) and 16 (on strong institutions). The connections reported above have a clear relation with the results presented in Table 9, where the number of Indian COVID-19 articles and their citations related to each of the 17 SDGs are reported.…”

Section: Covid-19 Studies Connected To Sustainable Developmentmentioning

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Bibliometric Analysis of SARS, MERS, and COVID-19 Studies from India and Connection to Sustainable Development Goals

2021

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India is ranked fifth in the world in terms of COVID-19 publications accounting for 6.7% of the total. About 60% of the COVID-19 publications in the year 2020 are from United States, China, UK, Italy, and India. We present a bibliometric analysis of the publication trends and citation structure along with the identification of major research clusters. By performing network analysis of authors, citations, institutions, keywords, and countries, we explore semantic associations by applying visualization techniques. Our study shows lead taken by the United States, China, UK, Italy, India in COVID-19 research may be attributed to the high prevalence of COVID-19 cases in those countries witnessing the first outbreak and also due to having access to COVID-19 data, access to labs for experimental trials, immediate funding, and overall support from the govt. agencies. A large number of publications and citations from India are due to co-authored publications with countries like the United States, UK, China, and Saudi Arabia. Findings show health sciences have the highest number of publications and citations, while physical sciences and social sciences and humanities counts were low. A large proportion of publications fall into the open-access category. With India as the focus, by comparing three major pandemics—SARS, MERS, COVID-19—from a bibliometrics perspective, we observe much broader involvement of authors from multiple countries for COVID-19 studies when compared to SARS and MERS. Finally, by applying bibliometric indicators, we see an increasing number of sustainable development-related studies from the COVID-19 domain, particularly concerning the topic of good health and well-being. This study allows for a deeper understanding of how the scholarly community from a populous country like India pursued research in the midst of a major pandemic which resulted in the closure of scientific institutions for an extended time.

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Section: Covid-19 Studies Connected To Sustainable Developmentmentioning

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Bibliometric Analysis of SARS, MERS, and COVID-19 Studies from India and Connection to Sustainable Development Goals

2021

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“…In supporting the effort in mitigating disease transmission from the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19), the cloud, cell-networks and IoT devices such as smart-phones, sensors and domestic appliances, continue to play a vital role in a wide range of global Tracing-Testing-Tracking programs. Many different approaches are adopted by global communities in minimising person-to-person transmission [ 21 , 22 ]. This demonstrates that in response to the pandemic, coupled with the urgency in developing and deploying digital solutions, data privacy implications become ever more challenging with increasing data privacy risks.…”

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“…In a Republic of Ireland survey conducted with over 8000 participants, it was found that 54% would accept using a contact tracing app. Similarly, in the UK from a survey of 2000 participants found that 55% would accept using a government-controlled app, with higher uptake specifically for the NHS contact tracing app [ 21 ]. This information demonstrates a lack of app uptake in the remaining 45% of the British population that could undermine a governments ability in effectively handling data collection and the processing of critical medical information.…”

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“…Meaning that private parties’ access to data is also endorsed by governments. Amnesty International (2020) also brings attention to many instances of questionable data privacy practices throughout numerous countries [ 21 ]. The examples potentially show the scale of data protection perceptions and attitudes and how they are interpreted, thus justifying a more focused and intensive approach to data privacy collaborative research.…”

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Cybersecurity, Data Privacy and Blockchain: A Review

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In this paper, we identify and review key challenges to bridge the knowledge-gap between SME’s, companies, organisations, businesses, government institutions and the general public in adopting, promoting and utilising Blockchain technology. The challenges indicated are Cybersecurity and Data privacy in this instance. Additional challenges are set out supported by literature, in researching data security management systems and legal frameworks to ascertaining the types and varieties of valid encryption, data acquisition, policy and outcomes under ISO 27001 and the General Data Protection Regulations. Blockchain, a revolutionary method of storage and immutability, provides a robust storage strategy, and when coupled with a Smart Contract, gives users the ability to form partnerships, share information and consent via a legally-based system of carrying out business transactions in a secure digital domain. Globally, ethical and legal challenges significantly differ; consent and trust in the public and private sectors in deploying such defensive data management strategies, is directly related to the accountability and transparency systems in place to deliver certainty and justice. Therefore, investment and research in these areas is crucial to establishing a dialogue between nations to include health, finance and market strategies that should encompass all levels of society. A framework is proposed with elements to include Big Data, Machine Learning and Visualisation methods and techniques. Through the literature we identify a system necessary in carrying out experiments to detect, capture, process and store data. This includes isolating packet data to inform levels of Cybersecurity and privacy-related activities, and ensuring transparency demonstrated in a secure, smart and effective manner.

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“…It has occurred at a time when the flow of digital transformation, which seeks to fundamentally change the competitive model of the global industry, was in full swing. Digital technology has been usefully used to solve human crises in various fields [1]. In addition, as strong social distancing was implemented after the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for non-face-to-face work using new technologies, regardless of public and private sectors, has increased.…”

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Non-Face-to-Face Public Services and Perceptions of Public Organizations

Lim¹,

Lee

2021

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Public services are the primary channels and government activities in which citizens contact public organizations. In turn, public services provided by the government are critical for citizens to recognize public organizations and governments according to their content and procedure. With the onset of COVID-19, the existing face-to-face public service delivery system has shown limitations in meeting citizens’ needs for public services (fastness, transparency, and safety); as a result, a shift to non-face-to-face public services is required. The study proposes the question: “How does citizens’ satisfaction with non-face-to-face public services affect public organizations (response and transparency) and government satisfaction?”. The purpose of this study is to verify the effect of satisfaction (content and procedural) with non-face-to-face public services on the perception (responsiveness and transparency) of public organizations and governments’ satisfaction. Specifically, non-face-to-face public services are divided into content and procedural aspects to analyze the responsiveness and transparency of public organizations and their impact on government satisfaction. This study used a structural equations model for analysis and used data collected in 2019 by the Korea Institute of Public Administration, a representative public research institute in Korea. The main analysis results are as follows: the responsiveness and transparency of public organizations increased alongside satisfaction with content and procedural satisfaction with non-face-to-face public services, and government satisfaction increased with responsiveness to and transparency toward public organizations.

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COVIDTAS COVID-19 Tracing App Scale—An Evaluation Framework

Cited by 16 publications

References 33 publications

Bibliometric Analysis of SARS, MERS, and COVID-19 Studies from India and Connection to Sustainable Development Goals

Bibliometric Analysis of SARS, MERS, and COVID-19 Studies from India and Connection to Sustainable Development Goals

Cybersecurity, Data Privacy and Blockchain: A Review

Non-Face-to-Face Public Services and Perceptions of Public Organizations

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