Web platform design for environmental health: a case study in Colombia

Most of the existing platforms for Environmental health have been created from the point of view of only one of the actors. These approaches are mostly based on proprietary tools and do not integrate all the components associated with environmental health. This paper describes the design of a platfo...

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Autores:
Ordonez, Armando
Sierra-Torres, Carlos H.
Mejia, Jessner
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2019
Institución:
Universidad de Medellín
Repositorio:
Repositorio UDEM
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.udem.edu.co:11407/5527
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/11407/5527
https://doi.org/10.22395/rium.v18n34a4
Palabra clave:
Geographic information systems
Data mining
Environment
Health
Web platform
H. Pylori
Sistemas de informação geográfica
Mineração de dados (data mining)
Meio ambiente
Saúde
Plataforma web
H. Pylori
Sistemas de información geográfica
Minería de datos
Salud
Medioambiente
Plataforma web
H. Pylor
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License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Description
Summary:Most of the existing platforms for Environmental health have been created from the point of view of only one of the actors. These approaches are mostly based on proprietary tools and do not integrate all the components associated with environmental health. This paper describes the design of a platform based on free software for environmental health called PSAM. Several actors were included during the design, including environmental and health authorities, community leaders, and community members. PSAM comprises diverse modules to collect data using mobile devices, analyze the collected information and predict the appearance of H. Pylori. Finally, PSAM allows sending SMS to the community for community empowerment. The proposed architecture and learned lessons can serve as the basis for other implementations in the field and can also contribute to Colombia’s government development of a platform for environmental health.