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Mobile Sensors and Wearable Technology

In: Handbook Integrated Care

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  • Christopher A. Yao

    (University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine)

  • Kendall Ho

    (University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine)

Abstract

The recent surge of innovative approaches to improve health has garnered a lot of public interest and become a major frontrunner in the consumer technology market. With this gaining momentum, wearable devices to measure individuals’ physiology such as heart rate and activity levels have become highly popular, increasingly pervasive, and are creating a cultural shift to help people to collect, quantify, and observe their own data relating to their behaviours in day-to-day life. This “quantified self” can increase self-awareness regarding their behaviour and impact positively on their overall health and well-being (Swan 2009). With the potential to change health behaviour through these platforms, the general public has the ability to be more engaged and participatory in their own health.

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  • Christopher A. Yao & Kendall Ho, 2017. "Mobile Sensors and Wearable Technology," Springer Books, in: Volker Amelung & Viktoria Stein & Nicholas Goodwin & Ran Balicer & Ellen Nolte & Esther Suter (ed.), Handbook Integrated Care, chapter 7, pages 113-119, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-56103-5_7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-56103-5_7
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