Generating Contextual Variables From Web-Based Data for Health Research: Tutorial on Web Scraping, Text Mining, and Spatial Overlay Analysis

BackgroundContextual variables that capture the characteristics of delimited geographic or jurisdictional areas are vital for health and social research. However, obtaining data sets with contextual-level data can be challenging in the absence of monitoring systems or public...

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Main Authors: Pablo Galvez-Hernandez, Angelina Gonzalez-Viana, Luis Gonzalez-de Paz, Ketan Shankardass, Carles Muntaner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JMIR Publications 2024-01-01
Series:JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
Online Access:https://publichealth.jmir.org/2024/1/e50379