Pinky P. Kumar
ABSTRACT
Creating social awareness for sexually transmitted diseases, such as HIV/AIDS is critical. The 2015 UNAIDS statistics shows that newly infected cases of HIV/AIDS has fallen down by 35% since 2000, worldwide. However, the statistics of Fiji tells a different story. The newly infected HIV/AIDS cases in Fiji has been increasing every year since 2000. Different HIV/AIDS awareness programs have been launched previously such as, workshops and seminars. Despite these efforts, there has been no reduction in the newly infected HIV/AIDS cases. Fiji's health sector is still using traditional approaches for building public awareness. Therefore, the primary purpose of this study is to explore the benefits of crowdsourcing in developing the social awareness on taboo diseases among Fijians. Data for this study were collected through questionnaire and experimental methods from the people living with HIV as well as from the young Fijians, such as secondary and tertiary students. The result clearly showed that crowdsourcing can be an effective means of assisting Fiji's public health by reaching out to the remote areas, reducing the program costs, and assisting thousands of people simultaneously.
- L. E. Rijsdijk, A. E. Bos, R. A. Ruiter, and J. N. Leerlooijer, "B. d. haas and h. p," Schaalma, "The World Starts With Me: A multilevel evaluation of a comprehensive sex education programme targeting adolescents in Uganda," BMC Public Health, vol. 11, no. 334, pp. 1--12, 2011.Google Scholar
- World Health Organisation (WHO), "HIV/AIDS," vol. 20, p. 2014, October 2014. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/features/qa/71/en/.Google Scholar
- S. Keifer, Four types of crowdsourcing. Retrieved from http://outsideinmarketing.wordpress.com/2010/05/08/four-types-of-crowdsourcing/.Google Scholar
- K. J. Boudreau and K. R. Lakhani, "Using the crowd as an innovation partner," Harvard Business Review, no, vol. 4, pp. 61--69, April 2013.Google Scholar
- J. Windrum, Crowdfunding to launch Sock Monkeys Against Cancer. Retrieved from https://prwire.com.au/pr/33817/smac-raises-35k-through-crowdfunding-to-launch-sock-monkeys-against-cancer.Google Scholar
- N. Mpofu and P. A. Salawu, "Contributions of HIV/AIDS social networking sites towards awareness and prevention of the pandemic among students of Rhodes University, South Africa," Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, vol. 5, pp. 191--202, April 2014.Google Scholar
- C. McNab, "What social media offers to health professionals and citizens," Bulletin of the World Health Organization, vol. 87, p. 566, 2009.Google ScholarCross Ref
- K. Bottles, "Harnessing the power of healthcare crowd." http://www.hospitalimpact.org/index.php/2013/06/12/harnessing-the-power-of-healthcare-crowd.Google Scholar
- K. Strohmeyer, "Not alone in a crowd: Crowdsourcing for healthcare." http://www.healthcareitnews.com/blog/not-alone-crowd-crowdsourcing-healthcare.Google Scholar
- S. Cooper, F. Khatib, A. Treuille, J. Barbero, J. Lee, M. Beenen, A. Leaver-Fay, D. Baker, Z. Popovic, and F. players, "Predicting protein structures with a multiplayer online game," Nature, vol. 466, no. 7307, pp. 756--760, 2010.Google ScholarCross Ref
- S. Baum, "Healthcare crowdsourcing startup wants to reward patient insights." Retrieved from http://medcitynews.com/2014/03/create-healths-crowdsourcing-platform/.Google Scholar
- L. F. Novick, D. P. H. H. C. B. Morrow, and C. Developments, "Jones and bartlett publisher," vol. 2008.Google Scholar
- G. Gidey, S. Taju, and A. S. Hagos, "Introduction to public health, Ethiopia: Ethiopia public health training initiatives," Health Training Initiatives, vol. 2005.Google Scholar
- D. P. K. Misra, Using Educational Media for HIV/AIDS Awareness and Training to School Students in India: Innovative Strategies. India: M.J.P. Rohillkhand University, 2009.Google Scholar
- K. Ong, Medical Informatics. Chicago: Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, 2014.Google Scholar
- L. Wu, Public Health Reporting and Information Systems. ONC: The office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, 2014.Google Scholar
- G. Eysenbach, "What is e-health?," Journal of Medical Internet Research, vol. 3, p. 2, 2001.Google ScholarCross Ref
- D. Cave, Digital Islands: How the Pacific's ICT revolution is transforming the region. Sydney: Lowy Institute, 2012.Google Scholar
- W. H. Curioso and P. N. Mechael, "Enhancing m-health with south-to-south collaborations," Health Affairs, vol. 2, p. 29, February 2010.Google Scholar
- C. Hawn, "Take two aspirin and tweet me in the morning: How Twitter, Facebook, and other social media are reshaping health care," Health Affairs, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 361--368, 2009.Google ScholarCross Ref
- N. Mpofu and P. A. Salawu, "Contributions of HIV/AIDS social networking sites towards awareness and prevention of the pandemic among students of Rhodes University, South Africa," Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, vol. 5, pp. 191--202, April 2014.Google Scholar
- R. D. Nasution, "Challenges in Developing Social Media and Web-Based Communication Tools For HIV-AIDS and STI Intervention For MSM and Transgender Communities in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Timor Leste," Health Affairs, vol. 89, July 2013.Google Scholar
- UNC Health Care, "UNC Project-China uses crowdsourcing to promote HIV testing," vol. 16, 2014. Retrieved from http://news.unchealthcare.org/news/2014/december/unc-project-china-uses-crowdsourcing-to-promote-HIV-testing.Google Scholar
- "Mobile technologies, social media ignite HIV prevention revolution in africa," 2011. Retrieved from http://www.healio.com/infectious-disease/hiv-aids/news/print/infectious-disease-news/Google Scholar
- UNAIDS, "Strategy recommendations for collaborating with a new generation of leaders for the aids response," Online, vol. 16, 2011. Accessed: March 2015.Google Scholar
- B. J. Kizito and J. Suhonen, "Survey on ict for HIV/AIDS preventive education: Are the teenagers forgotten in developing countries?," Journal of Emerging Trends in Computing and Information Sciences, vol. 2, no. 6, pp. 263--275, 2011.Google Scholar
- "The world starts with me!," 2011. Retrieved from http://schoolnetuganda.sc.ug/newsupportcenter/about-wswm.Google Scholar
- J. Pratibha, "HIV/AIDS everyone's business," Fiji Sun, p. 11, June, 2015.Google Scholar
- Ministry of Health, Fiji Global AIDS Response Progress Report, 2013. 2014.Google Scholar
- D. S. Singh, D. G. Roberts, D. W. Irava, D. T. Tuiketei, M. R. Nadakuitavuki, M. S. Otealagi, M. M. Pellny, M. M. Fong, M. J. Mohammed, and D. O. Chang, The Fiji Islands Health System Review. Switzerland: World Health Organization, 2011.Google Scholar
- A. Madigibuli, "Talk HIV/AIDS at home," Fiji Times, vol. 32, p. 24, February 2013.Google Scholar
- T. Adair, "Training the health information systems workforce in fiji to maximise the use of existing datasets," Health Information Systems Knowledge Hub, vol. 15, pp. 1--16, 2011.Google Scholar
- A. Mangal and J. Berrell, "The rise of icts in the pacific," ICT Updates, no, vol. 71, pp. 2--3, April 2013.Google Scholar
- Minitab Inc., "What value should I use for significance level?," July 3, 2015. Retrived from http://support.minitab.com/en-us/minitab/17/topic-library/basic-statistics-and-graphs/introductory-concepts/p-value-and-significance-level/significance-level/.Google Scholar
- A. Butts, "Working with the tabu: HIV/AIDS education," Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection, p. 347, 2006.Google Scholar
Index Terms
- Crowdsourcing based social awareness for taboo diseases like HIV/AIDS
Recommendations
Rule based system to facilitate the immunity of HIV/AIDS patients using Ayurveda therapy
CUBE '12: Proceedings of the CUBE International Information Technology ConferenceIn this paper researchers have designed a Rule Based Information System which captures the knowledge of medical experts and then simulates their thinking. It uses the facts of fatal diseases that they can not be cured, their different types of medicinal ...
A network approach for the comorbidities of HIV/AIDS in Taiwan
Recent Innovations on Biomedical EngineeringComorbidities are the presence of one or more additional disorders or diseases co-occurring with a primary disease or disorder. The purpose of this study is to identify diseases that co-occur with HIV/AIDS and analyze the gender differences. Data was ...
Living with HIV/AIDS: Exploring Vloggers' Narratives on YouTube
SMSociety '18: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Social Media and SocietyVideo blogs (vlogging) on YouTube have become a growing source of health information for individuals who have HIV/AIDS. Our study investigates the types of information video bloggers (vloggers) choose to share around their experiences managing HIV/AIDS. ...
Comments