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2024-03-23T13:21:58ZYoung people’s perceptions of smartphone-enabled self-testing and online care for sexually transmitted infections: qualitative interview study
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Title: Young people’s perceptions of smartphone-enabled self-testing and online care for sexually transmitted infections: qualitative interview study
Authors: Aicken, CRH; Fuller, SS; Sutcliffe, LJ; Estcourt, CS; Gkatzidou, V; Oakeshott, P; Hone, KS; Sadiq, ST; Sonnenberg, P; Shahmanesh, M
Abstract: Background: Control of sexually transmitted infections (STI) is a global public health priority. Despite the UK’s free, confidential sexual health clinical services, those at greatest risk of STIs, including young people, report barriers to use. These include: embarrassment regarding face-to-face consultations; the time-commitment needed to attend clinic; privacy concerns (e.g. being seen attending clinic); and issues related to confidentiality.
A smartphone-enabled STI self-testing device, linked with online clinical care pathways for treatment, partner
notification, and disease surveillance, is being developed by the eSTI2 consortium. It is intended to benefit public health, and could do so by increasing testing among populations which underutilise existing services and/or by enabling rapid provision of effective treatment. We explored its acceptability among potential users.
Methods: In-depth interviews were conducted in 2012 with 25 sexually-experienced 16–24 year olds, recruited
from Further Education colleges in an urban, high STI prevalence area. Thematic analysis was undertaken.
Results: Nine females and 16 males participated. 21 self-defined as Black; three, mixed ethnicity; and one, Muslim/ Asian. 22 reported experience of STI testing, two reported previous STI diagnoses, and all had owned smartphones. Participants expressed enthusiasm about the proposed service, and suggested that they and their peers would use it and test more often if it were available. Utilizing sexual healthcare was perceived to be easier and faster with STI self-testing and online clinical care, which facilitated concealment of STI testing from peers/family, and avoided embarrassing face-to-face consultations. Despite these perceived advantages to privacy, new privacy concerns arose regarding communications technology: principally the risk inherent in having evidence of STI testing or diagnosis visible or retrievable on their phone. Some concerns arose regarding the proposed self-test’s accuracy, related toself-operation and the technology’s novelty. Several expressed anxiety around the possibility of being diagnose and treated without any contact with healthcare professionals.
Conclusions: Remote STI self-testing and online care appealed to these young people. It addressed barriers they associated with conventional STI services, thus may benefit public health through earlier detection and treatment. Our findings underpin development of online care pathways, as part of ongoing research to create this complex e-health intervention.2016-01-01T00:00:00ZNational survey of British public's views on use of identifiable medical data by the National Cancer Registry
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Title: National survey of British public's views on use of identifiable medical data by the National Cancer Registry
Authors: Barrett, G; Cassell, JA; Peacock, JL; Coleman, MP
Abstract: Objectives To describe the views of the British public on the use of personal medical data by the National Cancer Registry without individual consent, and to assess the relative importance attached by the public to personal privacy in relation to public health uses of identifiable health data.Design Cross sectional, face to face interview survey.Setting England, Wales, and Scotland.Participants 2872 respondents, 97% of those who took part in the Office for National Statistics' omnibus survey, a national multistage probability sample in March and April 2005 (response rates 62% and 69%, respectively).Results 72% (95% confidence interval 70% to 74%) of all respondents did not consider any of the following to be an invasion of their privacy by the National Cancer Registry: inclusion of postcode, inclusion of name and address, and the receipt of a letter inviting them to a research study on the basis of inclusion in the registry. Only 2% (2% to 3%) of the sample considered all of these to amount to an invasion of privacy. Logistic regression analysis showed that the proportions not concerned about invasion of privacy varied significantly by country, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and housing tenure, although in all subgroups examined most respondents had no concerns. 81% (79% to 83%) of all respondents said that they would support a law making cancer registration statutory.Conclusions Most of the British public considers the confidential use of personal, identifiable patient information by the National Cancer Registry for the purposes of public health research and surveillance not to be an invasion of privacy.
Description: This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund and is available from the specified link - Copyright @ 2006, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.2006-01-01T00:00:00ZDriving into the sunset: Supporting cognitive functioning in older drivers
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Title: Driving into the sunset: Supporting cognitive functioning in older drivers
Authors: Young, MS; Bunce, D
Abstract: The rise in the aging driver population presents society with a significant challenge-how to maintain safety and mobility on the roads. On the one hand, older drivers pose a higher risk of an at-fault accident on a mile-for-mile basis; on the other hand, independent mobility is a significant marker of quality of life in aging. In this paper, we review the respective literatures on cognitive neuropsychology and ergonomics to suggest a previously unexplored synergy between these two fields. We argue that this conceptual overlap can form the basis for future solutions to what has been called "the older driver problem." Such solutions could be found in a range of emerging driver assistance technologies offered by vehicle manufacturers, which have the potential to compensate for the specific cognitive decrements associated with aging that are related to driving.
Description: Copyright @ 2011 Mark S. Young and David Bunce - This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.2011-01-01T00:00:00ZConcept generation for persuasive design
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Title: Concept generation for persuasive design
Authors: Lockton, D; Harrison, DJ; Stanton, NA
Abstract: Designing ‘persuasive’ products and services for social benefit often involves adopting and adapting principles and patterns from other disciplines and contexts where behaviour change is a goal. This poster briefly reports on a series of controlled trials of an idea generation toolkit which aims to make this transposition of patterns easier, with designers and students applying the toolkit to four ‘design for sustainable behaviour’ briefs to generate new concepts for influencing user behaviour. While only a small sample, results show that using the toolkit does lead to an increase in the number of concepts generated for a majority of participants, compared with the control condition.2010-01-01T00:00:00Z