TY - GEN
T1 - 'Technology isn't Always the Best'
T2 - 2016 IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics, ICHI 2016
AU - Cheon, Eunjeong
AU - Jarrahi, Mohammad Hossein
AU - Su, Norman Makoto
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2016/12/6
Y1 - 2016/12/6
N2 - Some believe that today's young and tech-savvy generation will eagerly adopt the latest health tracking technologies. However, we know little about the tracking practices of young adults, and in particular how they use technologies to journal their daily fitness activities and diet. Drawing from practice theory, this study uses Savolainen's concept of information practice to examine the life contexts of users (e.g., personal goals and habits) that influence the use of health tracking technologies. Through interviews with thirteen college students, we identify the information practices that young adults perform to track their health and diet, outlining how different information practices exhibit different levels of reliance on technology. Life contexts may help explain why our young adults preferred 'traditional' technologies like paper for some information practices. Further we suggest that the design of future health-tracking technologies need to holistically consider the interwoven nature of information practices, life contexts, and tracking technologies.
AB - Some believe that today's young and tech-savvy generation will eagerly adopt the latest health tracking technologies. However, we know little about the tracking practices of young adults, and in particular how they use technologies to journal their daily fitness activities and diet. Drawing from practice theory, this study uses Savolainen's concept of information practice to examine the life contexts of users (e.g., personal goals and habits) that influence the use of health tracking technologies. Through interviews with thirteen college students, we identify the information practices that young adults perform to track their health and diet, outlining how different information practices exhibit different levels of reliance on technology. Life contexts may help explain why our young adults preferred 'traditional' technologies like paper for some information practices. Further we suggest that the design of future health-tracking technologies need to holistically consider the interwoven nature of information practices, life contexts, and tracking technologies.
KW - Health Tracking Technologies
KW - Information Practice
KW - Qualitative Study
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U2 - 10.1109/ICHI.2016.30
DO - 10.1109/ICHI.2016.30
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85010465199
T3 - Proceedings - 2016 IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics, ICHI 2016
SP - 207
EP - 215
BT - Proceedings - 2016 IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics, ICHI 2016
A2 - Fu, Wai-Tat
A2 - Zheng, Kai
A2 - Hodges, Larry
A2 - Stiglic, Gregor
A2 - Blandford, Ann
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 4 October 2016 through 7 October 2016
ER -