URBAN COMMUNITY RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF STD PREVENTION
UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA - UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON - IMPERIAL COLLEGE
Welcome to the CELL- PREVEN project
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Overview of the project Cell-PREVEN is an interactive-computer system using cell phones and the Internet for real-time collection and transmission of adverse events related with metronidazole administration as presumptive treatment for vaginosis among FSW in Peru. Cell-PREVEN is part of large randomized trial in Peru in 20 cities called PREVEN which seeks to lower STD rates in Peru. PREVEN is a collaborative effort between the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (Peru), Imperial College (London) and the University of Washington (Seattle), in collaboration with Peru’s Ministry of Health. Cell phones are ideal tools for a mobile team and the equipment is less likely to be stolen compared with laptops or personal digital assistants (PDAs). We used cell phones to enter data collected by interviewers from FSW in three communities. Information was stored in an online database, where it could be immediately accessed worldwide and exported over a secure Internet connection. E-mail and text messages sent to mobile devices alerted key personnel to selected symptoms. This project has demonstrated that it is feasible to develop a public-health-surveillance system based on cell phones to collect data in real-time in Peru. The project shows that it's not necessary to have the latest Palm Pilot or Tablet PC to create a sophisticated public health surveillance system. |
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Publications |
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American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Annual Symposium Proceedings 2005 |
Curioso WH, Karras
BT, Campos PE, Buendia C, Holmes KK, Kimball AM. Design and
Implementation of Cell PREVEN: A Real-Time Surveillance System for
Adverse Events Using Cell Phones in Peru. AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2005;
176-180. Available at: http://faculty.washington.edu/wcurioso/cellpreven.pdf |
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Book:
The Internet and Health Care: Theory, Research and Practice. 2006. |
Curioso
WH. New Technologies and Public
Health in Developing Countries: The Cell PREVEN Project. [Book
Chapter] In: Murero M, Rice R, editors. The Internet and Health Care: Theory, Research and
Practice. Mahwah, NJ. Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates; 2006. p. 375-393. Index available at:
Full text available at:
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Globalization and Health |
Curioso WH et al. Cell phones as a health care intervention in Peru: The Cell-PREVEN project. Globalization and Health 2006;2:9:240527. Available at: http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/2/1/9/comments#240527 |
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CELL PREVEN: A Cell phone project |
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Dr. Walter H. Curioso is a
physician from the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia and a
MPH from the University of Washington. He developed a
pilot study entitled: "The design, implementation and evaluation of a real-time
surveillance system of adverse events (AE) reporting in the
presumptive treatment of vaginosis" as a component of the PREVEN
Project. Using cell phone technology based
on the infrastructure of Voxiva Inc., the aim of this study is to
develop an interactive computer system for real-time collection and
transmission of adverse events (e.g. vomiting, diarrhea) related with metronidazole administration as
presumptive treatment for vaginosis in female sex workers. The system is currently being piloted
in three intervention cities: Chincha, Huanuco and Piura. Data
collection and transmission of AE information in the field began in
early September 2004. Adapted from: PREVEN Project Bulletin No. 5. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia |
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Related links |
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- PREVEN project (in
Spanish): http://www.upch.edu.pe/faspa/preven/ - Power Point presentation (in English): http://www.prevenperu.org/preven/presentation_curioso.pdf |
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In the news... |
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American Medical News, the nation's best-read newspaper on professional, social, economic and policy issues in
medicine, covered the CELL PREVEN project in the February 21st
issue.
Cell phones help doctors collect
data in new ways: |
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iHealthBeat is a daily news digest reporting on the Internet's impact on health care. iHealthBeat is part of the California HealthCare Foundation's commitment to important issues affecting health care policy, delivery and financing.
iHealthBeat covered the CELL PREVEN project in the February 14th
issue. Docs Use Cell Phones To Collect Health Data in Peru: http://www.ihealthbeat.org/index.cfm?action=dspItem&itemID=109066 |
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University of Washington
School of Medicine - Online News - Vol. 9, No. 8. February 25, 2005. Walter Curioso, a primary care physician in Peru and a graduate student in biomedical and health informatics at the UW, is using cell phones in Peru to capture, store and transmit medical information from female sex workers in real time. Cell Phones Used to Collect Medical Information in Peru
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Cell-PREVEN, a real-time
public health surveillance project based on Voxiva technology is
featured in a new book "The Internet and Health Care: Theory,
Research, and Practice," edited by Monica Murero, PhD, and Ronald
Rice, PhD, experts in global informatics. "The Internet and Health Care" featuring Voxiva-based project: Cell-PREVEN http://www.voxiva.net/news/060906.asp Spanish version: "Internet y el Cuidado de la Salud" que presenta el proyecto basado en tecnología de Voxiva: Cell-PREVEN http://www.voxiva.net/news/060906_es.asp |
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Presentations |
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- Cell phones and the Internet for real-time surveillance in Peru.
Informatics Training for Global Health: First Network Meeting. Stone
House, National Institute of Health, Bethesda. December 16,
2004. - 3rd International
Workshop on Technology for Education in Developing - The Cell-PREVEN project. Roundtable:
Internet and Healthcare. Internet Research 6.0: Internet Generations.
Association of Internet Researchers. Chicago, IL, October 5 -
9, 2005. USA. |
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