In a mHealth application, children's demography is very important to make proper evidence-based decisions in the treatment process.
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A Mobile Health Application for Monitoring Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: ASD Monitoring by mHealth
Masud Rabbani (Ubicomp Lab, Department of Computer Science, Marquette University, USA), Munirul M. Haque (University of Indianapolis, USA), Dipranjan Das Dipal (Marquette University, USA), Md Ishrak Islam Zarif (Marquette University, USA), Anik Iqbal (Marquette University, USA), Shaheen Akhter (Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Bangladesh), Shahana Parveen (National Institute of Mental Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh), Mohammad Rasel (Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Bangladesh), Tanjir Rashid Soron (Telepsychiatry Research and Innovation Network Ltd., Bangladesh), Naveen Bansal (Marquette University, USA), Amy Schwichtenberg (Purdue University, USA), Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed (University of Toronto, Canada), and Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed (Marquette University, USA)
Copyright: © 2022
|Pages: 26
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-2304-2.ch002
Abstract
Currently, one out of 160 children have autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the world. This problem is observed in both developed and low-middle-income countries (LMICs) around the globe. Usually, in developed countries, the number can be estimated, but in LMICs, this number is largely unknown, and in some cases, many children with ASD are not treated after identification of the problem. In these cases, both for the developed and LMICs, mobile technology can continuously monitor children with ASD. In this chapter, the authors describe the techniques of remote monitoring of the behavioral and milestone parameters development for children with ASD that care practitioners can use as an evidence-based tool to make the decision in the treatment process. Lastly, the authors describe the advantages and challenges of using the mHealth tools in the ASD treatment based on the NIH-funded successful completion project “mCARE” in Bangladesh.