在人口健康研究中使用地理边界干预措施:范围审查
Karin Tobin1, Omeid Heidari2, Connor Volpi3
1Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA ktobin2@jhu.edu.
BMJ open
|August 3, 2023
概括
使用全球定位系统 (GPS) 的技术"地理围" (Geofencing) 是一个有希望的技术,可作为各种健康结果的可接受和可行的干预措施. 未来的研究应该澄清地理边界位置和用户输入,以便更好地了解其有效性.
科学领域:
- 人口健康研究研究.
- 数字健康干预措施 数字健康干预措施
- 地理空间卫生技术技术
背景情况:
- 全球定位系统 (GPS) 和地理围为研究基于地点对健康的影响提供了新的方法.
- 了解地理围干预措施的设计,可接受性,可行性和影响对于推进人口健康研究至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 系统地审查和综合现有关于人口健康的地理围干预措施的证据.
- 评估地理围作为干预交付机制的设计,可接受性,可行性和影响.
主要方法:
- 通过使用多个数据库 (PubMed,CINAHL,EMBASE,Web of Science,Cochrane,PsycINFO) 进行了全面的范围审查,截至2021年12月.
- 包括标准要求地理围作为干预交付机制;排除标准涵盖没有干预的研究,健康结果或未经同行评审的文章.
- 在独立审查员严格选过程后,包括了9项研究.
主要成果:
- 地理围是一种新兴技术,其中大多数是最近发表的研究 (89%在过去5年).
- 大多数地理围是固定的,没有参与者输入 (n=5).
- 干预措施被分为直接或间接,其中56% (n=5) 使用针对吸烟和饮酒等各种健康结果的直接方法.
结论:
- 地理围是一种可接受和可行的干预措施,适用于各种人群和健康问题.
- 未来的研究应该为地理围位置提供理由,并纳入用户的投入.
- 需要对作用机制进行进一步的研究,以了解为什么地理围干预措施是有效的.
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