Title :
Persuasive technology for healthy aging and wellbeing
Author :
Spanakis, Emmnouil G. ; Santana, Silvina ; Ben-David, Boaz ; Marias, Kostas ; Tziraki, Chariklia
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Comput. Sci. (ICS), Found. for Res. & Technol. (FORTH, Heraklion, Greece
Abstract :
In this paper we present key factors for the understanding and acting over behaviors, in order to facilitate healthier aging and wellbeing: motivational theories, health behavioral change theories and physiological constraints of aging. The successful deployment of these related theories can be accomplished through personalized mobile technologies based on behavioral and motivational models that can lead to healthier life styles and sense of well-being throughout an individual´s life span.
Keywords :
behavioural sciences; cognitive systems; geriatrics; smart phones; health behavioral change theory; healthy aging; personalized mobile technology; persuasive technology; physiological constraints; wellbeing; Aging; Diseases; Educational institutions; Mobile communication; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; activity recognition; aging; ehealth; healthy lifestyles; intelligent user profiling; mHealth; smart phones; wellbeing;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare (Mobihealth), 2014 EAI 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens
DOI :
10.1109/MOBIHEALTH.2014.7015899
