SALUTOGEN - Seniors’ Activity and quality of Life sUpported by Technology thrOugh deliGht, Engagement and iNterest

Research Group:


Status:

finished

Start date:

2017-12-01

End date:

2020-01-30

SALUTOGEN (Seniors’ Activity and quality of Life sUpported by Technology thrOugh deliGht, Engagement and iNterest) is a collaboration between four companies, Västerås Municipality, Region Västmanland and MDH (Co-oordinator). Moreover, the project builds on close co-operation with senior organisations (SPF, PRO) and Friskis&Svettis Västerås. 

The project focus is user-centered development of technology efficiently supporting behavioral change and thereby contributing to preventing life-style related health problems.Technology developed will primarily promote seniors’ fall prevention physical activity but can also be customised for other target groups 

[Show all publications]

User-centered requirements engineering to manage the fuzzy front-end of open innovation in e-health (Sep 2021)
Maria Ehn, Mattias Derneborg , Åsa Revenäs , Antonio Cicchetti
International journal of medical informatics (Int J Med Inform)

Integrating Key User Characteristics in User-Centered Design of Digital Support Systems for Seniors’ Physical Activity Interventions to Prevent Falls (Dec 2020)
Åsa Revenäs , Ann-Christin Johansson , Maria Ehn
JMIR Research Protocols (JMIR Res Protoc)

Technology-Based Motivation Support for Seniors’ Physical Activity (Jul 2019)
Maria Ehn, Ann-Christin Johansson , Åsa Revenäs
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH)

PartnerType
Abilia AB Industrial
Livanda - Internetkliniken AB Industrial
RealTest AB Industrial
Vital Integration of Scandinavia AB Industrial
Region Västmanland Municipalities and others
Västerås Stad Municipalities and others

Maria Ehn, Researcher

Email: maria.ehn@mdh.se
Room: U1-093
Phone: 021-10 70 93