A Portal to Promote Healthy Living within Families

Nathalie Colineau; Cécile Paris

5th International workshop on Personalisation for e-Health

Research Article

A Portal to Promote Healthy Living within Families

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-23635-8_33,
    author={Nathalie Colineau and C\^{e}cile Paris},
    title={A Portal to Promote Healthy Living within Families},
    proceedings={5th International workshop on Personalisation for e-Health},
    proceedings_a={PERS4EHEALTH},
    year={2012},
    month={10},
    keywords={Lifestyle Family Support Health Reflection},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-642-23635-8_33}
}

Nathalie Colineau
Cécile Paris
Year: 2012
A Portal to Promote Healthy Living within Families
PERS4EHEALTH
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-23635-8_33

Nathalie Colineau¹^,*, Cécile Paris¹^,*

1: CSIRO – ICT Centre

*Contact email: nathalie.colineau@csiro.au, cecile.paris@csiro.au

Abstract

Our research aims at helping families work together to achieve a healthier lifestyle, increasing their awareness of what they currently do, and thus, could do differently. In particular, we are looking at encouraging reflections and discussions within the family, investigating the usefulness and effectiveness of various types of motivational strategies. This paper presents a collaborative platform for families. Our aim was to explore if we could facilitate health discussions, about lifestyle in particular, and encourage supportive behaviour within the family. We discuss some of the results we obtained when conducting a pilot study with families.

Keywords: Lifestyle Family Support Health Reflection

Published: 2012-10-17

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23635-8_33