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Technologies for Wellbeing and Healthy Living: Perspectives and Challenges

Technologies for Wellbeing and Healthy Living: Perspectives and Challenges

Jochen Meyer
Copyright: © 2014 |Volume: 5 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 11
ISSN: 1947-9158|EISSN: 1947-9166|EISBN13: 9781466654518|DOI: 10.4018/ijhcr.2014010103
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Meyer, Jochen. "Technologies for Wellbeing and Healthy Living: Perspectives and Challenges." IJHCR vol.5, no.1 2014: pp.30-40. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijhcr.2014010103

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Meyer, J. (2014). Technologies for Wellbeing and Healthy Living: Perspectives and Challenges. International Journal of Handheld Computing Research (IJHCR), 5(1), 30-40. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijhcr.2014010103

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Meyer, Jochen. "Technologies for Wellbeing and Healthy Living: Perspectives and Challenges," International Journal of Handheld Computing Research (IJHCR) 5, no.1: 30-40. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijhcr.2014010103

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Abstract

It is a strange paradox that the public is talking about health technology but cares more about disease technology: people address chronic diseases, people want to change unhealthy behaviors, people aim to help carers and nurses - but people hardly ever look at those who are and want to remain healthy. This is even stranger, as times of health outnumber periods of disease in most persons` lifetimes. Somewhat surprisingly, technology available today is not yet optimally suited to help staying healthy. The authors discuss challenges with respect to the adaption of health behavior models, long-term interaction, quality of data, design of devices, primary use of data, and life-long data. And the authors suggest understanding technical systems for wellbeing as navigational systems, guiding a person through life on a healthy path.

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