Research Article
Intergenerational Sharing of Health Data among Family Members
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1145/3154862.3154895, author={Jomara Binda and Natalie Cope and Hyehyun Park and Chien Wen (Tina) Yuan and John Carroll and Eun Kyoung Choe}, title={Intergenerational Sharing of Health Data among Family Members}, proceedings={11th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare}, publisher={ACM}, proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH}, year={2018}, month={1}, keywords={health family intergenerational collaboration self-tracking data sharing}, doi={10.1145/3154862.3154895} }- Jomara Binda
Natalie Cope
Hyehyun Park
Chien Wen (Tina) Yuan
John Carroll
Eun Kyoung Choe
Year: 2018
Intergenerational Sharing of Health Data among Family Members
PERVASIVEHEALTH
ACM
DOI: 10.1145/3154862.3154895
Abstract
An explosion of affordable commercial wearable sensing devices and mobile health applications has opened up new possibilities to practice self-tracking and enjoy its benefits. However, elders often do not engage with health tracking technologies because they do not see much benefits. Leveraging the inherent reciprocal relationship among family members is one potential approach to promote the practice of health tracking. In this paper, we aim to understand and support intergenerational sharing of health data as a collective and collaborative family project of mutual support. Based on interviews and scenario-based focus group discussions, we report on family members’ understanding of one another’s health and well-being, their current health-related practices, and issues around health management as a means to facilitate intergenerational health collaboration.