Journal article
Healthy users' personal health information management from activity trackers: The perspective of gym‐goers
Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, v 54(1), pp 71-81
2017
Abstract
ABSTRACT
This paper examines how healthy activity tracker users, particularly gym‐goers, manage personal health information generated by their activity tracking devices. Findings from 117 valid responses to a web survey are presented to provide an overall picture of healthy activity tracker users' health or fitness‐related needs, their personal health information management (PHIM) practices and the gaps between their needs and PHIM. Based on the survey findings, we suggest considering future activity tracker design improvements for addressing users' currently unmet needs while recognizing the limitations of current technology. We conclude with a discussion of the necessity for reexamining PHIM in a new era of broader self‐tracking activities and needs.
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Details
- Title
- Healthy users' personal health information management from activity trackers: The perspective of gym‐goers
- Creators
- Yuanyuan Feng - Drexel UniversityKai Li - Drexel UniversityDenise E Agosto - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, v 54(1), pp 71-81
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 11
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85040773140
- Other Identifier
- 991014976822704721