概括
作为公共卫生工具,COVID-19移动应用程序失败了,投资回报不佳. 优先考虑广泛的测试,手动接触追踪和家庭护理支持对于有效的疾病控制至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 医疗信息学 医疗信息学
背景情况:
- "检测,追踪,治疗/隔离"指令是当疫苗无法获得时的标准公共卫生实践.
- 移动应用程序 (COVID-apps) 在COVID-19大流行期间开发,以加强公共卫生响应.
- 尽管投入了大量资金,但COVID应用程序作为公共卫生干预措施的有效性有限.
研究的目的:
- 分析COVID应用程序作为公共卫生工具的无效性.
- 探索这些技术广泛采用和支持背后的原因.
- 通过案例研究,突出成功的非应用公共卫生战略.
主要方法:
- 评论和分析技术在公共卫生中的作用.
- 关于COVID应用程序有效性的现有文献和数据的审查.
- 介绍了三个案例研究 (德国,塞拉利昂,加拿大),说明了成功的非应用程序公共卫生干预措施.
主要成果:
- 尽管投入了大量资金,但COVID应用程序投资回报率很低.
- 来自德国,塞拉利昂和加拿大的案例研究表明,在不依赖应用技术的情况下,有效的公共卫生结果.
- 该评论指出,应用程序的感知实用性与其实际公共卫生影响之间存在分歧.
结论:
- 公共卫生资源应该重新优先考虑,远离无效的技术解决方案.
- 建议增加对基本公共卫生措施的投资,例如测试,手动接触追踪和治疗.
- 综合性支持系统,包括对隔离人员的全面护理,对于有效的疾病管理和公共福祉至关重要.
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