Table 3 |
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Summary of findings |
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Question |
Response Summary† |
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1. Is there a requirement for personally identifiable data? |
Yes |
(93%) |
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2. What spatial resolution is ideal for public health research? |
Lat/Long or address |
(69%) |
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3. Is privacy perceived to be a significant obstacle to public health practice? |
Yes |
(71%) |
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4. How knowledgeable do public health professionals consider themselves on privacy? |
High Knowledge* |
(53%) |
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5. What is the most critical obstacle to the access and use of personally identifiable data? |
Bureaucracy Legislation |
(33%) (25%) |
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6. What are the views of the public health community on public awareness and perceptions? |
Less than 30% of the public is aware |
(84%) |
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7. Which is preferred: raw, case level data, or aggregated, anonymised data? |
Raw, case-level data |
(66%) |
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†Numbers in parentheses are the percent of participants who responded as described *Participants rating their knowledge as high were also more likely to rate privacy as a more severe obstacle (P < 0.001) |
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AbdelMalik et al. BMC Public Health 2008 8:156 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-156 |
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