Implementation of a multimodal mobile system for point-of-sale surveillance: Lessons learned from case studies in washington, dc, and new york city

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Cantrell, Jennifer ^a,b   Ganz, Ollie ^a,c   Ilakkuvan, Vinu ^a,c   Tacelosky, Michael ^d   Kreslake, Jennifer ^b   Moon Howard, Joyce ^e   Aidala, Angela ^f   Vallone, Donna ^a,e   Anesetti Rothermel, Andrew ^a   Kirchner, Thomas R ^b,e,g  

^a American Legacy Foundation   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Survos LLC   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Department of Medicine   (United States)

^g GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Implementation; Marketing; Mobile technology; Point of sale; Public health surveillance; Tobacco; Tobacco industry advertising

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047110045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23692960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/publichealth.4191     Document Type: Article

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