Mobility evaluation by GPS tracking in a rural, low-income population in Cambodia
- Author(s)
- Pepey, A; Obadia, T; Kim, S; Sovannaroth, S; Mueller, I; Witkowski, B; Vantaux, A; Souris, M;
- Details
- Publication Year 2022,Volume 17,Issue #5,Page e0266460
- Journal Title
- PLoS One
- Abstract
- Global Positioning System (GPS) technology is an effective tool for quantifying individuals' mobility patterns and can be used to understand their influence on infectious disease transmission. In Cambodia, mobility measurements have been limited to questionnaires, which are of limited efficacy in rural environments. In this study, we used GPS tracking to measure the daily mobility of Cambodian forest goers, a population at high risk of malaria, and developed a workflow adapted to local constraints to produce an optimal dataset representative of the participants' mobility. We provide a detailed assessment of the GPS tracking and analysis of the data, and highlight the associated difficulties to facilitate the implementation of similar studies in the future.
- Keywords
- Cambodia/epidemiology; Forests; *Geographic Information Systems; Humans; *Malaria; Poverty; Rural Population
- Research Division(s)
- Population Health And Immunity
- PubMed ID
- 35559983
- Publisher's Version
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266460
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