Mobile health application proposal

Mobile Health Application Proposal

[WLOs: 2, 3] [CLO: 3]

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read the following:

• Chapter 6 in your online textbook
• Chapter 7 in your online textbook
• Chapter 8 in your online textbook
• Disruptive Technologies for Environment and Health Research: An Overview of Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, and Internet of ThingsLinks to an external site.
• Good Intentions Are Not Enough: How Informatics Interventions Can Worsen InequalityLinks to an external site.
• A Roadmap for the Implementation of mHealth Innovations for Image-Based Diagnostic Support in Clinical and Public-Health Settings: A Focus on Front-Line Health Workers and Health-System OrganizationsLinks to an external site.
• Public Health Delivery in the Information Age: The Role of Informatics and TechnologyLinks to an external site.

Throughout this course you have learned about big data, cloud computing, visual analytics, and population health surveillance. This week you will focus on developing a proposal for a mobile health (mHealth) application. You will identify a public health initiative and/or problem and propose a mobile health app that will support the initiative. Support may include support services, data collection, data monitoring, measurement, and/or information. You will provide research on the public health initiative identifying the need for the app and the target population. This proposal will start the foundation for your final project in the course.

In your paper proposal,

• Propose a mobile health (mHealth) application.
• Identify the purpose of the mHealth application.
• Identify the target population.
• Identify the significance of the mHealth application.
• Analyze the impact the application can have on a public health initiative.

The Mobile Health Application Proposal paper

• Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site. as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft WordLinks to an external site. resource.
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of Proposal in bold font
    • Space should be between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
  • Student’s name
  • Name of institution (University of Arizona Global Campus)
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Due date
  • Include Turnitin similarity rating on title page
• Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic VoiceLinks to an external site. resource for additional guidance.
• Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
  • For assistance on writing Introductions & ConclusionsLinks to an external site. as well as Writing a Thesis StatementLinks to an external site., refer to the Writing Center resources.
• Must use at least three scholarly and/or credible sources in addition to the course text.
  • The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
  • To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view the University of Arizona Global Campus Library Quick ‘n’ DirtyLinks to an external site. tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
• Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your PaperLinks to an external site. guide.
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References ListLinks to an external site. resource in the Writing Center for specifications.