Imperial College London

Professor Mitch Blair

Faculty of MedicineSchool of Public Health

Emeritus Professor
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 8869 3881m.blair Website

 
 
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Location

 

River Island Academic Centre for Paediatrics and Child HealthNorthwick ParkNorthwick Park and St Marks Site

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@inproceedings{Deshpande:2019:10.3233/SHTI190041,
author = {Deshpande, S and Rigby, M and Blair, M},
doi = {10.3233/SHTI190041},
pages = {158--161},
title = {The Limited Extent of Accreditation Mechanisms for Websites and Mobile Applications in Europe.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/SHTI190041},
year = {2019}
}

RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - CPAPER
AB - A potentially useful resource for health promotion and guidance is eHealth. However, this field also presents challenges, and one of the most important obstacles is the lack of regulation, without which citizens including young people may be exposed to misleading or risky information and applications. The aim of this study was to investigate the extent of accreditation processes for mobile applications (apps) and websites in European countries, to determine whether regulation is on the agenda. A survey was conducted in 28 European Member States and 2 European Economic Area countries, between 2017 and 2018. Twenty-seven responses were collected. Six countries have accreditation processes for apps and eight countries have accreditation processes for websites. However, processes are fragmented and there is variety within and amongst countries.
AU - Deshpande,S
AU - Rigby,M
AU - Blair,M
DO - 10.3233/SHTI190041
EP - 161
PY - 2019///
SP - 158
TI - The Limited Extent of Accreditation Mechanisms for Websites and Mobile Applications in Europe.
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/SHTI190041
UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31349290
ER -