Authors:
Christo El Morr
1
;
Peggy Ng
1
;
Amber Purewal
1
;
Courtney Cole
2
;
Musaad Al Hamza
3
and
Mohamed Al Omran
4
Affiliations:
1
York University, Canada
;
2
ForAHealthyMe.com, Canada
;
3
University of Toronto, Canada
;
4
Saint Michael's Hospital, Canada
Keyword(s):
Peripheral Arterial Disease, Chronic Disease Management, eHealth, Health Informatics, Cardiovascular Disease, Analytics, Virtual Communities, Health Virtual Communities.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Biomedical Engineering
;
Clinical Problems and Applications
;
Cloud Computing
;
e-Health
;
e-Health for Public Health
;
Health Information Systems
;
ICT, Ageing and Disability
;
Platforms and Applications
Abstract:
This paper summarizes the result of a survey conducted on 239 subject in Toronto to gauge their awareness of Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) and educate them about it. The results show that awareness of PAD is scarce and that the campaign resulted in a significant increase in awareness. This intervention suggest that an e-education tool is of paramount importance to address the lack of awareness. The paper argues that a PAD Virtual Community might play a pivotal role in educating the public about PAD and providing a platform for awareness and prevention.