Apps Promoting Illicit Drugs-A Need for Tighter Regulation?

被引：17

作者：

Bindhim, Nasser ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Naicker, Sundresan ^{[1
,3
]}

Freeman, Becky ^{[1
,3
]}

McGeechan, Kevin ^{[1
,4
]}

Trevena, Lyndal ^{[1
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Sydney, Sydney Med Sch, Sch Publ Hlth, Room 125,Level 1,Edward Ford Bldg A27, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

[2] Saudi Elect Univ, Coll Hlth Sci, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

[3] Univ Sydney, Sydney Med Sch, Sydney Sch Publ Hlth, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

[4] Univ Sydney, Sydney Med Sch, Sydney Sch Publ Hlth, Biostat, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

来源：

JOURNAL OF CONSUMER HEALTH ON THE INTERNET | 2014年 / 18卷 / 01期

关键词：

Apps; global health; health policy; illicit drug; public health; Smartphone;

D O I：

10.1080/15398285.2014.869166

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 [公共卫生与预防医学]; 120402 [社会医学与卫生事业管理];

摘要：

This study describes the content and functions of applications that promote illicit drug use (apps) in smartphone app stores (i.e., Apple App Store and Google Play), and measures the overall growth of these apps over a three-month period. Moreover, we investigate whether the app stores' regulation systems are exposing children and adolescents around the world to these apps. We identify a large and expanding pro-illicit-substances repository within smartphone app stores, which should raise concerns over public health. The content rating criteria used by app stores are insufficient, and government intervention may be necessary to enforce proper standardization of app-rating processes.

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页码：31 / 43

页数：13

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