Digital Personal Health Coaching Platform for Promoting Human Papillomavirus Infection Vaccinations and Cancer...

Area of Science:

• Digital Health
• Health Informatics
• Public Health

Background:

• Digital interventions can empower populations by addressing disease root causes and improving health literacy.
• Personal health records (PHRs) aim to enhance patient self-management but often act as supplementary views of electronic health records.
• Existing PHRs have limitations in providing personalized, proactive health guidance.

Purpose of the Study:

• To design and develop a Personal Health Library (PHL) overcoming limitations of current electronic health records.
• To generate personalized recommendations for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine promotion and cancer prevention.
• To create a digital platform for precision health promotion tailored to individual needs.

Main Methods:

• Designed a proof-of-concept prototype of the Digital Personal Health Librarian.
• Leveraged machine learning, natural language processing, and Semantic Web technologies.
• Integrated social linked data, APIs, and hypermedia discovery to create a personal health knowledge graph.

Main Results:

• Implemented a prototype PHL capable of storing individual health data as a personal health knowledge graph.
• Integrated web-scale knowledge to support HPV vaccine promotion and prevent HPV-associated cancers.
• Demonstrated personalized, evidence-based insights for informed health decision-making.

Conclusions:

• Digital platforms like the PHL are crucial for precision health promotion and education.
• PHLs can address population-specific needs such as health literacy and language barriers.
• Empowering individuals through knowledge acquisition facilitates informed and healthy choices.