Developing a smartphone ‘app’ for public health research: the example of measuring observed smoking in vehicles

Patel, Vimal; Nowostawski, Mariusz; Thomson, George; Wilson, Nick; Medlin, Hamish

doi:10.1136/jech-2012-201774

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“…There is great potential of mHealth technology, yet it is imperative that we first address these ethical considerations to ensure that we capitalise on the possible benefits of these technologies while minimising the potential risks to the users. BinDhim et al, 2014;Borland et al, 2013;Bricker et al, 2014;Buller et al, 2014;Haug et al, 2014;Hertzberg et al, 2013;Kirchner et al, 2013;Meredith et al, 2014;V. Patel, Nowostawski, Thomson, Wilson, & Medlin, 2013;Ploderer et al, 2014;Reitzel et al, 2014; Whittaker, 2011) Alcohol 12 (34.3%) (Bendtsen & Bendtsen, 2014;Dulin et al, 2014;Gajecki et al, 2014;Gamito et al, 2014;Haug et al, 2014;Kauer, Reid, Sanci, & Patton, 2009;Matsumura, Yamakoshi, & Ida, 2009;McTavish et al, 2012;Renner, 2012;Yu et al, 2012) Heroin 2 (5.7%) Epstein et al, 2009) Cocaine 1 (2.9%) (Freedman, Lester, McNamara, Milby, & Schumacher, 2006) General 3 (8.6%) (Campling, 2011;Ingersoll et al, 2014; Bendtsen & Bendtsen, 2014;BinDhim et al, 2014;Borland et al, 2013;Bricker et al, 2014;Buller et al, 2014;Dulin et al, 2014;Hasin et al, 2014;Haug et al, 2014;Ingersoll et al, 2014;Ploderer et al, 2014;…”

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“…A c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p t 18 al., 2014; Haug et al, 2014;McTavish et al, 2012; M a n u s c r i p t M a n u s c r i p t 20 application was coded as NA for this ethical consideration as the users of the app were not being studied for their personal substance abuse (V. Patel et al, 2013).…”

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“…b One application was coded as NA for this ethical consideration as it was not invasive to the users privacy (V. Patel et al, 2013). c Six applications were coded as NA for this ethical consideration as the apps were used in controlled experimental conditions Gamito et al, 2014;Matsumura et al, 2009;Meredith et al, 2014;Reitzel et al, 2014;.…”

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Realising the technological promise of smartphones in addiction research and treatment: An ethical review

Capon

Hall

Fry

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International Journal of Drug Policy

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Background: Smartphone technologies and mHealth applications (or apps) promise unprecedented scope for data collection, treatment intervention, and relapse prevention when used in the field of substance abuse and addiction. This potential also raises new ethical challenges that researchers, clinicians, and software developers must address. Aims: This paper aims to identify ethical issues in the current uses of smartphones in addiction research and treatment. Methods: A search of three databases (PubMed, Web of Science and PsycInfo) identified 33 studies involving smartphones or mHealth applications for use in the research and treatment of substance abuse and addiction. A content analysis was conducted to identify how smartphones are being used in these fields and to highlight the ethical issues raised by these studies. Results: Smartphones are being used to collect large amounts of sensitive information, including personal information, geo-location, physiological activity, self-reports of mood and cravings, and the consumption of illicit drugs, alcohol and nicotine. Given that detailed information is being collected about potentially illegal behaviour, we identified the following ethical considerations: protecting user privacy, maximising equity in access, ensuring informed consent, providing participants with adequate clinical resources, communicating clinically relevant results to individuals, and the urgent need to demonstrate evidence of safety and efficacy of the technologies. Conclusions: mHealth technology offers the possibility to collect large amounts of valuable personal information that may enhance research and treatment of substance abuse and addiction. To realise this potential researchers, clinicians and app-developers must address these ethical concerns to maximise the benefits and minimise risks of harm to users.

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Realising the technological promise of smartphones in addiction research and treatment: An ethical review

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“…Bredican et al, 2013;Patel, Nowostawski, Thomson, Wilson & Medlin, 2013), education (e.g. Woodcock, Middleton, & Nortcliffe, 2012;Young, 2011), retailing (e.g.…”

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Smartphone Applications - Idea sourcing, and app development: Implications for firms

Ellis

Bredican

2014

SAJEMS

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The smartphone has become the uniquely personal computing device choice for consumers. Applications (apps) for smartphones are set to reach revenues of £25 billion according to Gartner. This presents great opportunities for marketing as apps can provide great benefits for consumers and firms. However it is Information Systems (IS) departments that have traditionally been tasked with the acquisition and/or development of such information technologies within organisations. With such strong implications for marketing, this exploratory research has focused on the sources of app ideas within firms, locations for app development and perceptions of app development success. Results indicate that while most ideas for apps currently come from IS and marketing departments within the organisation, and development of apps is also done mainly within the organisation, these development strategies are not necessarily the most effective. Managerial implications' regarding the role of IS, Marketing and the customer in app development, are discussed

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“…Applications are software programmes that run on smartphones (Patel et al, 2013), enhancing the functionality of larger programmes and allowing them to run in a userfriendly way that is designed for the mobile phone screen. Smartphones and apps are not used widely in research presently, and where they have been utilized it has mainly been to collect quantitative data such as demographics (Aanensen et al, 2009;Kiukkonen et al, 2010;Raento et al, 2009), time use (Bouwman, Heerschap and de Reuver 2013;Sonck and Fernee, 2013), market research (Chen, 2011), monitoring human behaviour and interactions (Dennison et al, 2013;Luxton et al, 2011;Payne, Wharrad and Watts, 2012), plotting feelings in relation to location (Killingsworth and Gilbert, 2010;MacKerron and Mourato, 2013) and gathering observational data (Patel et al, 2013).…”

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Using a smartphone app in qualitative research: the good, the bad and the ugly

García

Welford

Smith

2016

Qualitative Research

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This paper reflects on the use of a smartphone application ('app') in qualitative research following the experience of the FREE (Football Research in an Enlarged Europe) project, which investigated the lives of football fans in the UK. To meet this aim, a participant-focused audio-visual methodology was designed, featuring the use of an app to collect data. Fans were asked to take photographs and keep diaries to show the role football plays in their lives. The smartphone app was developed to allow fans to use their own mobile phones, capturing qualitative data in 'real time'. The paper reflects on our experience of using the smartphone app in this qualitative research, analysing the advantages, disadvantages and the main risks that researchers will need to take into account when using smartphone apps in their future qualitative research projects. We encourage others to build on and advance this underresearched but potentially valuable tool.

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Developing a smartphone ‘app’ for public health research: the example of measuring observed smoking in vehicles

Cited by 19 publications

References 10 publications

Realising the technological promise of smartphones in addiction research and treatment: An ethical review

Realising the technological promise of smartphones in addiction research and treatment: An ethical review

Smartphone Applications - Idea sourcing, and app development: Implications for firms

Using a smartphone app in qualitative research: the good, the bad and the ugly

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