Abstract
Designers have increasingly used the capacity of design to influence human behavior and consequently to address the challenges that our society faces. One of these challenges is the rise
of ‘lifestyle diseases’, such as obesity and diabetes. A change towards a more healthy lifestyle
could in many cases prevent or diminish such diseases, which would reduce demands and
costs in care. Moreover, it could lead to a higher level of wellbeing for many people.
In response to this challenge, designers and computer scientists have created interventions
that help people adopt a healthier lifestyle. We argue that designers need to consider the different
stages that people go through to durably change their behavior. In this paper, we discuss
how design interventions aimed at adopting a healthier lifestyle correspond to different stages
in the Transtheoretical Model of Health Behavior Change. Furthermore, we discuss how designers
could design for stages of change.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Colors of Care |
| Subtitle of host publication | The 9th International Conference on Design & Emotion, Bogota, Colombia, 6-10 October 2014 |
| Editors | Juan Salamanca, Pieter Desmet, Andrés Burbano, Geke Ludden, Jorge Maya |
| Place of Publication | Bogotá, Colombia |
| Publisher | Ediciones Uniandes |
| Pages | 482-488 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-958-774-070-7 |
| Publication status | Published - 6 Oct 2014 |
| Event | 9th International Conference on Design and Emotion 2014: The Colors of Care - Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia Duration: 6 Oct 2014 → 10 Oct 2014 Conference number: 9 https://uxmag.com/events/9th-design-and-emotion-conference-the-colors-of-care |
Conference
| Conference | 9th International Conference on Design and Emotion 2014 |
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| Country/Territory | Colombia |
| City | Bogota |
| Period | 6/10/14 → 10/10/14 |
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Keywords
- IR-93612
- METIS-307772
