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Personalized behavior change support for disease prevention.

Kirsikka Kaipainen¹, Anita Honka, Niilo Saranummi

¹VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, PO Box 1300, FI-33101 Tampere, Finland. kirsikka.kaipainen@vtt.fi

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference

|January 19, 2012

Summary

Achieving a healthy lifestyle requires personalized motivation and support. This paper blueprints an ICT system offering holistic, dynamic health behavior change support with user profiles, service marketplaces, and health guides.

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Area of Science:

Digital Health
Behavioral Science
Health Informatics

Background:

Chronic disease prevention relies on healthy lifestyles.
Sustaining behavior change necessitates personalized motivation and support.
Existing support systems often lack individualization.

Purpose of the Study:

To present a blueprint for an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) system.
To provide holistic and dynamic support for healthy behaviors.
To engage multiple co-producers in an individual's health journey.

Main Methods:

The proposed system integrates three core concepts: Virtual Individual, PGS-Mall, and HealthGuides.
Virtual Individual manages user personal profiles.
PGS-Mall aggregates health and well-being services; HealthGuides facilitate daily choices and coordinate interactions.

Main Results:

The ICT system blueprint offers a framework for personalized health behavior support.
It enables dynamic engagement with users and co-producers.
The system aims to improve the adoption and maintenance of healthy lifestyles.

Conclusions:

Personalized, ICT-enabled support is crucial for effective behavior change in chronic disease prevention.
Integrating user profiles, service marketplaces, and health guides creates a holistic support ecosystem.
This approach can empower individuals and co-producers in managing health proactively.