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A Technology System to Help People With Intellectual Disability and Blindness Find Room Destinations During Indoor Traveling: Case Series Study

A Technology System to Help People With Intellectual Disability and Blindness Find Room Destinations During Indoor Traveling: Case Series Study

Other programs used sound cues to guide participants to travel to (reach) specific room destinations with entrances distributed on the sides of a long corridor [38,39]). Their traveling was typically combined with transporting (carrying) objects to those room destinations and thus represented a functional form of activity, which was largely appreciated within the participants’ rehabilitation and care contexts [38,39].

Giulio E Lancioni, Gloria Alberti, Chiara Filippini, Nirbhay N Singh, Mark F O’Reilly, Jeff Sigafoos, Isabella Orlando, Lorenzo Desideri

JMIR Rehabil Assist Technol 2024;11:e65680

Risk Assessment of Importation and Local Transmission of COVID-19 in South Korea: Statistical Modeling Approach

Risk Assessment of Importation and Local Transmission of COVID-19 in South Korea: Statistical Modeling Approach

Due to the substantial growth of international travel, the complex network of human mobility has allowed pathogens to spread globally within a short time scale. In particular, the recent new COVID-19 variants have motivated the implementation of strengthened border control and lockdowns worldwide [7]. In this regard, most researchers have confirmed that COVID-19 was exported via air travel from mainland China.

Hyojung Lee, Yeahwon Kim, Eunsu Kim, Sunmi ‍Lee

JMIR Public Health Surveill 2021;7(6):e26784

Travel Distance Between Participants in US Telemedicine Sessions With Estimates of Emissions Savings: Observational Study

Travel Distance Between Participants in US Telemedicine Sessions With Estimates of Emissions Savings: Observational Study

Then we adjusted the travel distance for a more realistic approximation of travel savings due to telemedicine. We multiplied by 0.848, based on the assumption that approximately 84.8% of travel was car travel, consistent with American Community Survey data on adult commuting patterns in the United States [36].

Mollie R Cummins, Sukrut Shishupal, Bob Wong, Neng Wan, Jiuying Han, Jace D Johnny, Amy Mhatre-Owens, Ramkiran Gouripeddi, Julia Ivanova, Triton Ong, Hiral Soni, Janelle Barrera, Hattie Wilczewski, Brandon M Welch, Brian E Bunnell

J Med Internet Res 2024;26:e53437

The Twitter Social Mobility Index: Measuring Social Distancing Practices With Geolocated Tweets

The Twitter Social Mobility Index: Measuring Social Distancing Practices With Geolocated Tweets

Using mobile phone data, the New York Times completed an analysis that showed that stay-at-home orders dramatically reduced travel; however, it was found that in states where such orders were not quickly enacted, residents continued to travel widely [18]. Identifying and isolating individuals who have potentially been exposed to a virus can blunt the spread of a pandemic. Contact tracing involves finding people who have had contact with an infected individual during the time the individual was contagious.

Paiheng Xu, Mark Dredze, David A Broniatowski

J Med Internet Res 2020;22(12):e21499

Pretravel Health Advice Among Australians Returning From Bali, Indonesia: A Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol

Pretravel Health Advice Among Australians Returning From Bali, Indonesia: A Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol

Reported rates of travel-related illness vary, with studies estimating that 22-64% of travelers experience some form of health impairment while traveling, depending on the destination and season of travel [3]. In Western Australia, almost 8% of communicable disease notifications are for illnesses acquired overseas.

Chloe A. Alexandra Thomson, Robyn A Gibbs, Jane S Heyworth, Carolien Giele, Martin J Firth, Paul V Effler

JMIR Res Protoc 2016;5(4):e236

The Use of Travel as an Appeal to Motivate Millennial Parents on Facebook to Get Vaccinated Against COVID-19: Message Framing Evaluation

The Use of Travel as an Appeal to Motivate Millennial Parents on Facebook to Get Vaccinated Against COVID-19: Message Framing Evaluation

Among those parents still planning on traveling for fall 2021, overall, 26% were planning a trip with someone 12 years or older who was unvaccinated, and 16% were planning to travel with a child who was not yet eligible for COVID-19 vaccination. In addition, only 41% of the unvaccinated parents planning travel indicated that they planned to get vaccinated before their travel [4].

Suraj Arshanapally, Tiearra Starr, Lauren Blackmun Elsberry, Robin Rinker

JMIR Form Res 2023;7:e43720

Exploring Australian Hajj Tour Operators’ Knowledge and Practices Regarding Pilgrims’ Health Risks: A Qualitative Study

Exploring Australian Hajj Tour Operators’ Knowledge and Practices Regarding Pilgrims’ Health Risks: A Qualitative Study

to Hajj is unique compared to other types of travel, including travel to other mass gathering events, in that pilgrims must travel in groups by enrolling with a travel agent authorized by the Saudi Arabian authority to run Hajj tourism [10].

Amani S Alqahtani, Mohamed Tashani, Anita E Heywood, Robert Booy, Harunor Rashid, Kerrie E Wiley

JMIR Public Health Surveill 2019;5(2):e10960

Smartphone Apps for Measuring Human Health and Climate Change Co-Benefits: A Comparison and Quality Rating of Available Apps

Smartphone Apps for Measuring Human Health and Climate Change Co-Benefits: A Comparison and Quality Rating of Available Apps

Therefore, to be comprehensive in our search, travel-based apps were included if they recorded personal travel behavior automatically or with a manual start/stop and reported the associated carbon impact or required manual input to compare the carbon cost of different travel modes to help users make more sustainable travel choices. Inclusion criteria for dietary apps were less specific.

Rachel K Karen Sullivan, Samantha Marsh, Jakob Halvarsson, Michelle Holdsworth, Wilma Waterlander, Maartje P Poelman, Jennifer Ann Salmond, Hayley Christian, Lenny SC Koh, Janet E Cade, John C Spence, Alistair Woodward, Ralph Maddison

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2016;4(4):e135

Effect of Long-Distance Domestic Travel Ban Policies in Japan on COVID-19 Outbreak Dynamics During Dominance of the Ancestral Strain: Ex Post Facto Retrospective Observation Study

Effect of Long-Distance Domestic Travel Ban Policies in Japan on COVID-19 Outbreak Dynamics During Dominance of the Ancestral Strain: Ex Post Facto Retrospective Observation Study

By contrast, there is abundant evidence demonstrating the effects of international travel and restrictive policies on pandemic dynamics, mainly focusing on the effects of long-distance domestic travel [14-17].

Junko Kurita, Yoshitaro Iwasaki

Online J Public Health Inform 2024;16:e44931

Internet Narratives Focused on Health Travelers’ Experiences in India: Qualitative Analysis

Internet Narratives Focused on Health Travelers’ Experiences in India: Qualitative Analysis

Bernasek [16] cited the World Health Organization’s projection that 16 million Americans would travel abroad for medical care in 2017. In their study on medical tourism growing in the Indian health care market, Gupta et al [17] noted that India’s Ministry of Tourism has even conducted road shows in West Asia (Dubai, Riyadh, Kuwait, and Doha) to promote medical tourism.

Joseph Brown, James Johnson, Margaret E Ozan-Rafferty, Manoj Sharma, Salvatore Barbera

J Med Internet Res 2020;22(5):e15665

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