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Biermann O, Wingfield T, Thapa B, Babajide O, Zeinali Z, Torres I, Abdalla SM, Galea S. Use of big data on the social determinants of TB to find the "missing millions". Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2022; 26:1194-1196. [PMID: 36447326 PMCID: PMC9728948 DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.22.0080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- O Biermann
- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden, Departments of International Public Health and Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Urban Health Collaborative, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Rockefeller Foundation, Boston University 3-D Commission on Determinants, Data, and Decision-making, Boston, MA, USA
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- Fundación Octaedro, Quito, Ecuador
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- Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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Abstract
Food is an important determinant of health, featuring prominently in the Sustainable Development Goals. The term "big data" is seldom used in relation to food, partly because food data are scattered across different sectors. The increasing availability of food-related data presents an opportunity to glean new insights on food and food systems. These insights may enhance the quality of products and services and improve decision-making on optimizing food availability, all to the end of producing better health. Yet, knowledge gaps remain about the unique opportunities and challenges linked to big data on food and their use in decision-making. This scoping review explored the available literature linking food with big data and decision-making, using the following research question: What is the current literature on data about food, and how are these data used in decision-making? We searched PubMed until 29 February 2020 and Embase, Web of Sciences, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews until 8 March 2020. We included studies written in English and conducted narrative analyses to identify relevant themes from included studies. Sixteen studies fulfilled our eligibility criteria, including big data analyses, modelling studies, and reviews. These studies described the added value of using big data and how evidence from big data had or can be used for decision-making, as well as challenges and opportunities for such use. The majority of the included studies examined the link between food and big data, while hypothesizing of how these insights could inform decision-making, including policies, interventions, programs, and financing. There were only two examples wherein big data on food informed decision-making directly. The review highlights several false dichotomies in how the subject is approached in the literature and the importance of context, both between and within countries, in shaping the availability and types of data that can be used as meaningful evidence to inform decision-making. This review shows the paucity of research around the intersection of food, big data, and decision-making, as well as the potential in using big data on food systems to the end of informing decisions to improve the health of populations. Future research and decision-making around health systems can benefit from examining the full spectrum of perspectives on the subject. Future research and decision-making around health systems can also employ the steadfast embrace of technology, which will potentially reduce disparities in big data availability, to the end of improving the health of populations.
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Affiliation(s)
- Olivia Biermann
- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
- Rockefeller Foundation-Boston University 3-D Commission on Determinants, Data, and Decision-making, Boston, USA
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- Rockefeller Foundation-Boston University 3-D Commission on Determinants, Data, and Decision-making, Boston, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, USA
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- Rockefeller Foundation-Boston University 3-D Commission on Determinants, Data, and Decision-making, Boston, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, USA
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- Rockefeller Foundation-Boston University 3-D Commission on Determinants, Data, and Decision-making, Boston, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, USA
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- Rockefeller Foundation-Boston University 3-D Commission on Determinants, Data, and Decision-making, Boston, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, USA
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Huang GQ, Lin KL. Well-Designed Food Governance as Psychological Mechanism of Consumer Perceptions in the Context of Tourism Poverty Alleviation. Front Psychol 2021; 11:590816. [PMID: 33679495 PMCID: PMC7928344 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.590816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Poverty is a challenge leading to food insecurity in people's minds. This article discusses food governance as a psychological mechanism to facilitate the sense of wellness in people's minds in the context of tourism poverty alleviation. Mainly, we argue that, when a government is implementing tourism poverty alleviation, not only are economic efforts, but also positive psychological feelings are required. We, thus, argue that sound food governance may increase the sense of wellness in the minds of people as food consumers by increasing food safety and security. This perspective paper contributes by explicating the influences of macrolevel governance design of safer and more secure food systems on people's psychological wellness, especially against the background of tourism poverty alleviation in developing countries.
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- Guo-Qing Huang
- College of Economic and Management, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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