A 21st century approach to tackling dengue : crowdsourced surveillance, predictive mapping and tailored communication

This paper describes a social media system to prevent dengue in Sri Lanka and potentially in the rest of the South and Southeast Asia regions. The system integrates three concepts of public health prevention that have thus far been implemented only in silos. First, the predictive surveillance compon...

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Main Authors: Lwin, May Oo, Theng, Yin-Leng, Vijaykumar, Santosh, Fernando, Owen Noel Newton, Cheong, Siew Ann, Rathnayake, Vajira Sampath, Lim, Gentatsu, Chaudhuri, Subhasis, Foo, Schubert
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1042172020-04-23T03:52:44Z A 21st century approach to tackling dengue : crowdsourced surveillance, predictive mapping and tailored communication Lwin, May Oo Theng, Yin-Leng Vijaykumar, Santosh Fernando, Owen Noel Newton Cheong, Siew Ann Rathnayake, Vajira Sampath Lim, Gentatsu Chaudhuri, Subhasis Foo, Schubert School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Mass media This paper describes a social media system to prevent dengue in Sri Lanka and potentially in the rest of the South and Southeast Asia regions. The system integrates three concepts of public health prevention that have thus far been implemented only in silos. First, the predictive surveillance component uses a computer simulation to forewarn health authorities and the general public about impending disease outbreaks. The civic engagement component allows the general public to use social media tools to interact and engage with health authorities by aiding them in surveillance efforts by reporting symptoms, mosquito bites and breeding sites using smartphone technologies. The health communication component utilizes citizen data gathered from the first two components to disseminate customized health awareness messages to enhance knowledge and increase preventive behaviors among citizens. The system, known as “Mo-Buzz,” will be made available on a host of digital platforms like simple mobile phones, smart phones and a website. We present challenges and lessons learnt including content validation, stakeholder collaborations and applied trans-disciplinary research. Accepted version 2014-05-30T06:21:42Z 2019-12-06T21:28:34Z 2014-05-30T06:21:42Z 2019-12-06T21:28:34Z 2014 2014 Journal Article Lwin, M. O., Vijaykumar, S., Fernando, O. N. N., Cheong, S. A., Rathnayake, V. S., Lim, G. et al. (2013). A 21st century approach to tackling dengue: crowdsourced surveillance, predictive mapping and tailored communication. Acta Tropica, 130, 100-107. 0001-706X https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104217 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19475 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.09.021 175969 en Acta tropica © 2013 Elsevier B.V. This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by Acta Tropica, Elsevier B.V. It incorporates referee’s comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document. The published version is available at: [http://dx.doi.org.ezlibproxy1.ntu.edu.sg/10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.09.021]. application/pdf
institution Nanyang Technological University
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Lwin, May Oo
Theng, Yin-Leng
Vijaykumar, Santosh
Fernando, Owen Noel Newton
Cheong, Siew Ann
Rathnayake, Vajira Sampath
Lim, Gentatsu
Chaudhuri, Subhasis
Foo, Schubert
A 21st century approach to tackling dengue : crowdsourced surveillance, predictive mapping and tailored communication
description This paper describes a social media system to prevent dengue in Sri Lanka and potentially in the rest of the South and Southeast Asia regions. The system integrates three concepts of public health prevention that have thus far been implemented only in silos. First, the predictive surveillance component uses a computer simulation to forewarn health authorities and the general public about impending disease outbreaks. The civic engagement component allows the general public to use social media tools to interact and engage with health authorities by aiding them in surveillance efforts by reporting symptoms, mosquito bites and breeding sites using smartphone technologies. The health communication component utilizes citizen data gathered from the first two components to disseminate customized health awareness messages to enhance knowledge and increase preventive behaviors among citizens. The system, known as “Mo-Buzz,” will be made available on a host of digital platforms like simple mobile phones, smart phones and a website. We present challenges and lessons learnt including content validation, stakeholder collaborations and applied trans-disciplinary research.
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Lwin, May Oo
Theng, Yin-Leng
Vijaykumar, Santosh
Fernando, Owen Noel Newton
Cheong, Siew Ann
Rathnayake, Vajira Sampath
Lim, Gentatsu
Chaudhuri, Subhasis
Foo, Schubert
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author Lwin, May Oo
Theng, Yin-Leng
Vijaykumar, Santosh
Fernando, Owen Noel Newton
Cheong, Siew Ann
Rathnayake, Vajira Sampath
Lim, Gentatsu
Chaudhuri, Subhasis
Foo, Schubert
author_sort Lwin, May Oo
title A 21st century approach to tackling dengue : crowdsourced surveillance, predictive mapping and tailored communication
title_short A 21st century approach to tackling dengue : crowdsourced surveillance, predictive mapping and tailored communication
title_full A 21st century approach to tackling dengue : crowdsourced surveillance, predictive mapping and tailored communication
title_fullStr A 21st century approach to tackling dengue : crowdsourced surveillance, predictive mapping and tailored communication
title_full_unstemmed A 21st century approach to tackling dengue : crowdsourced surveillance, predictive mapping and tailored communication
title_sort 21st century approach to tackling dengue : crowdsourced surveillance, predictive mapping and tailored communication
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