Design of Persuasive Technology Intervention for Healthy Lifestyle Change.

健康生活方式改变的说服性技术干预设计。

• 批准号: 405661-2011
• 负责人: Orji, Rita
• 金额: $ 3.64万
• 依托单位: University of Saskatchewan
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2012-01-01 至 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=515562
• 关键词: Design; Persuasive; Technology; Intervention; Healthy

Obesity is a major health threat in Canada and many other countries worldwide. Studies have shown that being overweight or obese increases the risks of developing heart diseases, diabetes, high blood pressure, and in some cases, cancer. Preventive interventions, aimed at influencing the lifestyle of people, have been advocated. Accordingly, many technological interventions that promote healthy behaviors, such as eating well and exercising, have been developed. However, these interventions are not always successful because there is often little or no link made between the micro behaviors of the user and the slow, but steady, weight gains they produce. This "invisibility" of the cause-effect linkage creates serious difficulties for generating an effective technological solution to the problem because humans are naturally motivated by immediate or predictive results of their actions. This research seeks to develop a new technological model for persuading people towards healthy behavior. The model will provide the user an instant feedback loop between their behavior and its immediate and long-term consequences. The predictive model can be used to project and visualize the effect of any single behavior on an individual life over a period of time. To support long-term behaviour change, this research will incorporate and display multiple measures of progress, and situate them in a wider social context. This will be achieved by developing a method of visualizing multiple paths to fitness, and multiple ways of imagining a fit body using conventional parameters such as weight and Body Mass Index (BMI); bio-medical statistics like pulmonary capacity (VO2); projection of progress towards goals; and compliance with a fitness routine together. Successful completion of this research will impact the health and quality of life of Canadians by providing technology that provides instant feedback to encourage healthy behavioral change toward physical activity and healthy eating.

在加拿大和世界上许多其他国家，肥胖是一个主要的健康威胁。研究表明，超重或肥胖会增加患心脏病、糖尿病、高血压的风险，在某些情况下还会增加患癌症的风险。提倡采取旨在影响人们生活方式的预防性干预措施。因此，已经开发了许多促进健康行为的技术干预措施，例如健康饮食和锻炼。然而，这些干预措施并不总是成功的，因为用户的微观行为与他们产生的缓慢但稳定的体重增加之间往往很少或根本没有联系。这种因果联系的“不可见性”给产生解决问题的有效技术解决方案造成了严重困难，因为人类自然受到其行为的直接或可预测结果的激励。这项研究旨在开发一种新的技术模式来说服人们养成健康的行为。该模型将为用户的行为及其即时和长期后果之间提供即时反馈循环。预测模型可以用来预测和可视化任何单一行为在一段时间内对个人生活的影响。为了支持长期的行为改变，这项研究将纳入并展示多种进步措施，并将其置于更广泛的社会背景中。这将通过开发一种可视化健身路径的方法，以及使用体重和身体质量指数（BMI）等传统参数想象健康身体的多种方式来实现；生物医学统计，如肺活量（VO2）；预测实现目标的进展情况；同时遵守健身计划。这项研究的成功完成将影响加拿大人的健康和生活质量，因为它提供了能够提供即时反馈的技术，以鼓励健康的行为转变为体育活动和健康饮食。