Using artificial intelligence to improve public health: a narrative review

Frontiers in Public Health

Public Health

David B. Olawade¹  Olawale Abaire²  Ojima J. Wada³  Aanuoluwapo Clement David-Olawade⁴  Jonathan Ling⁵  Edward Kunonga⁶ 

[1] Department of Allied and Public Health, School of Health, Sport and Bioscience, University of East London, London, United Kingdom;Department of Biochemistry, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Nigeria;Division of Sustainable Development, Qatar Foundation, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar;Endoscopy Unit, NHS Trust, Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals, Carshalton, United Kingdom;Independent Researcher, Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom;School of Health and Life Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom;

关键词: artificial intelligence (AI);    public health;    healthcare;    review;    health policy;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2023.1196397

 received in 2023-05-08, accepted in 2023-09-26,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a rapidly evolving tool revolutionizing many aspects of healthcare. AI has been predominantly employed in medicine and healthcare administration. However, in public health, the widespread employment of AI only began recently, with the advent of COVID-19. This review examines the advances of AI in public health and the potential challenges that lie ahead. Some of the ways AI has aided public health delivery are via spatial modeling, risk prediction, misinformation control, public health surveillance, disease forecasting, pandemic/epidemic modeling, and health diagnosis. However, the implementation of AI in public health is not universal due to factors including limited infrastructure, lack of technical understanding, data paucity, and ethical/privacy issues.

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