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A New ICT Based Model for Wellness and Health Care

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Advances in Neural Networks (WIRN 2015)

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Health promotion represents the principal process to empowerment the citizens. The health models focus on helping people to prevent illnesses through their behavior, and on looking at ways in which a person can pursue better health. Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) may play an important role in the definition and use of these health models; ICT solutions allow exchange of information between health professionals, communities, producers of health research and other actors health. Starting from the current models, we propose a new model that identifies the principle actions to improve behavior and health of the citizens, highlighting specific aspects of daily life and proponing ICT solutions to allow the implementation of these actions.

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  1. Department of Surgical and Medical Science, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

    Domenico Mirarchi, Patrizia Vizza, Pietro Hiram Guzzi & Pierangelo Veltri

  2. Department of Computer Science, Modelling, Electronics and Systems Engineering (DIMES), University of Calabria, Rende, Italy

    Eugenio Vocaturo

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  1. Computer Science Department, University of Milano, Milano, Italy

    Simone Bassis

  2. Department of Psychology, Seconda Università di Napoli and IIASS, Caserta, Italy

    Anna Esposito

  3. Dept. of Info., Mathematics, Ele & Trans, Univ. Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy

    Francesco Carlo Morabito

  4. Dip. Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy

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Mirarchi, D., Vizza, P., Vocaturo, E., Guzzi, P.H., Veltri, P. (2016). A New ICT Based Model for Wellness and Health Care. In: Bassis, S., Esposito, A., Morabito, F., Pasero, E. (eds) Advances in Neural Networks. WIRN 2015. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 54. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33747-0_24

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