Unconventional data, unprecedented insights: leveraging non-traditional data during a pandemic
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Título: | Unconventional data, unprecedented insights: leveraging non-traditional data during a pandemic |
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Autor/es: | Bolt, Kaylin | Gil-González, Diana | Oliver, Nuria |
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: | Salud Pública | Grupo de Investigación en Alimentación y Nutrición (ALINUT) |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Enfermería Comunitaria, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública e Historia de la Ciencia |
Palabras clave: | Non-traditional data | COVID-19 | Data governance | Precision public health | Digital health |
Fecha de publicación: | 7-mar-2024 |
Editor: | Frontiers Media |
Cita bibliográfica: | Frontiers in Public Health. 2024, 12: 1350743. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1350743 |
Resumen: | Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic prompted new interest in non-traditional data sources to inform response efforts and mitigate knowledge gaps. While non-traditional data offers some advantages over traditional data, it also raises concerns related to biases, representativity, informed consent and security vulnerabilities. This study focuses on three specific types of non-traditional data: mobility, social media, and participatory surveillance platform data. Qualitative results are presented on the successes, challenges, and recommendations of key informants who used these non-traditional data sources during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain and Italy. Methods: A qualitative semi-structured methodology was conducted through interviews with experts in artificial intelligence, data science, epidemiology, and/or policy making who utilized non-traditional data in Spain or Italy during the pandemic. Questions focused on barriers and facilitators to data use, as well as opportunities for improving utility and uptake within public health. Interviews were transcribed, coded, and analyzed using the framework analysis method. Results: Non-traditional data proved valuable in providing rapid results and filling data gaps, especially when traditional data faced delays. Increased data access and innovative collaborative efforts across sectors facilitated its use. Challenges included unreliable access and data quality concerns, particularly the lack of comprehensive demographic and geographic information. To further leverage non-traditional data, participants recommended prioritizing data governance, establishing data brokers, and sustaining multi-institutional collaborations. The value of non-traditional data was perceived as underutilized in public health surveillance, program evaluation and policymaking. Participants saw opportunities to integrate them into public health systems with the necessary investments in data pipelines, infrastructure, and technical capacity. Discussion: While the utility of non-traditional data was demonstrated during the pandemic, opportunities exist to enhance its impact. Challenges reveal a need for data governance frameworks to guide practices and policies of use. Despite the perceived benefit of collaborations and improved data infrastructure, efforts are needed to strengthen and sustain them beyond the pandemic. Lessons from these findings can guide research institutions, multilateral organizations, governments, and public health authorities in optimizing the use of non-traditional data. |
Patrocinador/es: | This project was primarily supported by Fulbright-Schuman Program. The project was partially supported by the Valencian Government (Convenio Singular signed with Generalitat Valenciana, Conselleria de Innovacion, Industria, Comercio y Turismo, Dirección General de Innovacion), which also partially supported NO. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/141280 |
ISSN: | 2296-2565 |
DOI: | 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1350743 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | © 2024 Bolt, Gil-González and Oliver. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1350743 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - SP - Artículos de Revistas INV - ALINUT - Artículos de Revistas |
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