Related Experiment Video
Updated: Sep 2, 2025

Methodology for Establishing a Community-Wide Life Laboratory for Capturing Unobtrusive and Continuous Remote Activity and Health Data
Published on: July 27, 2018
Reflections on 'Decolonizing' Big Data in Global Health
1University of Maryland Baltimore, School of Medicine & School of Pharmacy, US.
Abstract:
While much has been written about the role of 'big data' in health services research and epidemiology, there has been less exploration of the imperative of data sovereignty on informing the ethics of health services research and global health more broadly, especially in the context of decoloniality in an era of 'big data.' In this viewpoint, epidemiologist and health services researcher Qato offers a brief exploration of some questions that may drive this effort: is 'decolonizing' health data necessary? If so, what are the stakes, and who sets the terms? What would a decolonized data infrastructure necessary for health systems equity globally look like?
Related Concept Videos
Principles of Disease Surveillance
Purpose of Health Records II
Dimensions of Health and Illness
Overview of Biostatistics in Health Sciences
Purpose of Health Records I
Here's a breakdown of how health records serve these purposes:
Ethics in Research

