AUTHOR=Olawade David B. , Wada Ojima J. , David-Olawade Aanuoluwapo Clement , Kunonga Edward , Abaire Olawale , Ling Jonathan 

TITLE=Using artificial intelligence to improve public health: a narrative review

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=11

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1196397

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2023.1196397

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=<p>Artificial intelligence (AI) is a rapidly evolving tool revolutionizing many aspects of healthcare. AI has been predominantly employed in medicine and healthcare administration. However, in public health, the widespread employment of AI only began recently, with the advent of COVID-19. This review examines the advances of AI in public health and the potential challenges that lie ahead. Some of the ways AI has aided public health delivery are via spatial modeling, risk prediction, misinformation control, public health surveillance, disease forecasting, pandemic/epidemic modeling, and health diagnosis. However, the implementation of AI in public health is not universal due to factors including limited infrastructure, lack of technical understanding, data paucity, and ethical/privacy issues.</p>