Perceptions of Security and Privacy in mHealth

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2021

Authors

Ferreira, A (Author) Other; Muchagata, J (Author) Other; Vieira Marques, P (Author) FMUP; Abrantes, D (Author) Other; Teles, S (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: HCI FOR CYBERSECURITY, PRIVACY AND TRUST (HCI-CPT 2021)

Pages: 297-309

3rd International Conference on HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust (HCI-CPT) held as Part of 23rd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII)

ELECTR NETWORK, JUL 24-29, 2021

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Authenticus ID: P-00V-3VY

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-77392-2_19

Abstract (EN): Mobile health applications have a great potential in improving patient's monitoring and adherence to therapeutics, anytime/anywhere. However, security is often overlooked in the design of those applications, and their low adoption is partially explained by end-users' security and privacy concerns. A change of the current "one-app-fits-all" paradigm to a more customized view of mHealth security features, for different user groups, skills, concerns or contexts, is required. This study aims to explore if content, context and users' characteristics, influence the perception of security and privacy in mHealth apps. An anonymous online survey was administered to social network users (n = 69). Statistically significant associations were found between age and security variables such as: i) type of requested data, ii) type of connection used and iii) access to sensitive health data comprising a child's records. Other statistically significant associations were found between the access to specific health sensitive data and the type of connection and device used. Pursuing this line of research has the potential to help mapping users' privacy and security perceptions to mHealth data. This can promote a better understanding of how ensuing apps should be visually, technically and security-wise.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 13