---
title: BGHealthResearchTask
framework: backgroundtasks
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
path: backgroundtasks/bghealthresearchtask
---

# BGHealthResearchTask

A time-consuming, necessary processing task that runs while the app is in the background to prepare data essential to a health research study.

## Declaration

```swift
class BGHealthResearchTask
```

## Mentioned in

Choosing Background Strategies for Your App

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [BGProcessingTask](backgroundtasks/bgprocessingtask.md)

### Conforms To

- [CVarArg](swift/cvararg.md)
- [CustomDebugStringConvertible](swift/customdebugstringconvertible.md)
- [CustomStringConvertible](swift/customstringconvertible.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [NSObjectProtocol](objectivec/nsobjectprotocol.md)

## See Also

### Background tasks

- [Using background tasks to update your app](uikit/using-background-tasks-to-update-your-app.md)
- [Refreshing and Maintaining Your App Using Background Tasks](backgroundtasks/refreshing-and-maintaining-your-app-using-background-tasks.md)
- [Choosing Background Strategies for Your App](backgroundtasks/choosing-background-strategies-for-your-app.md)
- [BGProcessingTask](backgroundtasks/bgprocessingtask.md)
- [BGAppRefreshTask](backgroundtasks/bgapprefreshtask.md)