Bring Your Own Location Data: Use of Google Smartphone Location History Data for Environmental Health Research.

Perry HystadOfer AmramFunso OjeAndrew LarkinKwadwo BoakyeAlly AveryAssefaw GebremedhinGlen Duncan

Published in: Environmental health perspectives (2022)

We believe collecting GLH data is a feasible and cost-effective method for capturing retrospective time-activity patterns for large populations that presents new opportunities for environmental epidemiology. Cohort studies should consider adding GLH data collection to capture historical time-activity patterns of participants, employing a "bring-your-own-location-data" citizen science approach. Privacy remains a concern that needs to be carefully managed when using GLH data. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP10829.

Keyphrases

electronic health record
big data
public health
risk assessment
climate change
artificial intelligence
human health
risk factors
deep learning
health information