Pervasive, persuasive health: Some challenges

As we consider the next set of challenges for pervasive health, what are the issues that our current expertise may not sufficiently address? What might we have overlooked that should be on our research agenda as we go forward? In this brief paper, I argue that we would benefit from knowing more abou...

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Published in2012 6th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth) and Workshops pp. 241 - 244
Main Author Munson, S. A.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.05.2012
Subjects
Communities
development
Educational institutions
habit
health
Heating
Logic gates
Monitoring
one-time
persuasion
post-intervention
single-use
tapering
weaning
wellness
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Summary:As we consider the next set of challenges for pervasive health, what are the issues that our current expertise may not sufficiently address? What might we have overlooked that should be on our research agenda as we go forward? In this brief paper, I argue that we would benefit from knowing more about how to design persuasive systems for single use situations (e.g., the decision to get a screening or vaccination) and that people can "graduate" from while maintaining healthy routines and habits they have developed.
ISBN:9781467314831
1467314838
ISSN:2153-1633
DOI:10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2012.248712