Expert working group outputs

Outputs from two Health Research from Home working groups:

  • When and how representativeness does and does not matter, and how it can be optimised in the context of smartphone and wearable health studies
  • Consumer health measures from smartphones and wearables for population health research. An expert working group view on opportunities, challenges and future direction

How to think about ‘representativeness’ in population health studies using smartphones and wearables – and what to do about it (COMING SOON)

Mobile consumer devices such as smartphones and wearables offer significant opportunities for advancing population health research by providing real-time, objective data about disease, its causes and its consequences. However, unequal device ownership and usage due to digital literacy and connectivity - linked to factors like age and socioeconomic status - can limit participation. This resource is an article consisting of a worksheet as well as empirical examples designed to help researchers consider representativeness when carrying out population health research using smartphones and wearables, reducing the potential for bias to affect final results.

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Strategies to support the recruitment and retention of under-served population groups in smartphone and wearable health research: a scoping review (COMING SOON)

Paper investigating how best to recruit under-served populations.

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