Online Behavior Project
This is a PhD dissertation which looks into an automated method for
collecting, analyzing, and reporting online sexual solicitations and
self reported profiles as an informational component of sexually
transmitted infection (STI) management health programs.
- AIM 1
- Quantitatively
characterize known risk factors, other behaviors of interest, and
demographics
in a population sample of online solicitations.
- AIM 2
- Identify and
evaluate the information needs of researchers and public health
officials
related to online health-related behavior, particularly concerning
STI/HIV.
- AIM 3
- Develop and evaluate a software tool
designed to automatically retrieve, characterize and classify online
behavior.
Happenings
- Aim 1 in progress
- Software development in progress
- Preliminary Results/ Proof of Concept was presented at AMIA
2007
Software
There are two bits of custom software
for this project. 1) the main application which is implemented in
JBoss Seam
framework. And 2) a Firefox plugin that supports it.
Details of these and where you can download the code is
coming soon.