Quick addendum to my last post on designing useful type 1 diabetes education mobile apps.
Issued today was the Diabetes UK “State of the Nation 2012″ report which offers as one of the solutions to the problem of helping people with diabetes as:
Effective education for all people with diabetes, so ensuring they can effectively manage their condition.
One of the issues my study is aiming to address…
Recently, I’ve been working on a submission to this year’s Mlearn 2012 conference based on my current PhD work and am hoping to submit the 8 page paper next week. Here’s a look at the abstract:
TITLE – Designing useful type 1 diabetes education mobile apps
ABSTRACT
Aim
To explore what young people aged between 18 and 21 with type 1 diabetes feel about their use of mobile and web-based technology and whether it might enable them to engage in an improved way with the NHS and their own health to enhance health-related quality of life.
Approach
Identifying from views and experiences of young people with type 1 diabetes how they currently make use of web and mobile technology in their day-to-day lives and in relation to their condition and treatment. To build a small number of prototype mobile phone applications based on ideas collected from qualitative data collection.
Contribution
(1) Published research considering the views of young people with type 1 diabetes in their use of technology to support their condition is sparse. There is little to analyse considering how they currently use web and mobile technology and its impact on quality of life.
(2) Research related to the design and use of health-related diabetes Apps is sparse, but a review of features of mobile diabetes applications found a critical feature recommended by clinical guidelines – personalised education – was not included in any application – an area this study is interested in.
(3) Research and policy concerning the integration of health information and support with technology do not effectively consider the viewpoint of the patient. This is vitally important as young people today have a radically different view of technology as it enables them to communicate and access online information and advice twenty-four hours a day.
Author Keywords
Patient Education, Type 1 Diabetes, Alcohol, Hypoglycaemia, Illness, Twitter, Mobile, Apps
I will also be blogging more about how the project is progressing in the next few weeks so watch this space…
Just how close is this technology ? Have a read and see what you think….
Nokia strapped a solar panel to some handsets and sent them out for testing all around the world
Apollo – a solar-powered android smartphone by umeox
Can Screens With Solar Cells Solve the Smartphone Battery Problem?
Yes – here comes another wacky Internet condition to add to your personal collection.
A new study conducted by OnePoll and Microsoft Hotmail claims UK netizens are ‘digital hoarders’ and that one in ten people experience ‘inbox anxiety’ as they struggle to find and manage the large volume of email. Nearly half of 18-34 year-olds said they felt ‘stressed and upset’ if they couldn’t easily locate an email.
The Telegraph reports that Microsoft estimates the average inbox will receive around 14,600 emails in 2012. It also mentions that consumers are opting to receive a growing number of emails classified as neither spam nor authentic email – so-called ‘greymail’ making up roughly 80% of an average inbox.
As is the norm in the Internet age, the actual report doesn’t appear to be online anywhere at the moment but if I find the link to it I will post it here in due course
Last November I blogged about an article co-written with Dr Jacqui Taylor - Munchausen by Internet (MBI): Current research and future directions being submitted to JMIR thanks to funding from the Bournemouth University OAPF Fund.
We had review comments back from the Journal and have submitted our revised draft today.
Fingers crossed you’ll be able to read about it soon….
Nutrition for Survivorship (N4S) is a self-managed online Nutrition and Education Tool for Health Care Professionals to Support Cancer Survivors (without Active Cancer) which is launched today. With growing numbers of people surviving cancer in the UK, it is crucial to improve survivors’ quality of life and to reduce cancer recurrence.
N4S is designed for all health care professionals including nurses (general and cancer specialist nurses), allied health professionals, medical doctors working in an acute Trust or in the community. It includes a nutrition knowledge quiz which can be completed after an ‘about you’ questionnaire is filled in. There is also a workbook to accompany the resource and all of the e-learning resources can be used to enhance a Continuous Professional Development (CPD) portfolio. Having explored the resources and activities, you then have the opportunity to repeat the quiz to check your knowledge again and see if it has improved.
N4S is a collaboration between the School of Health and Social Care at Bournemouth University and Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
1 – SCRITTI POLITTI - A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT
2 – Coldplay – Paradise
3 – Arcade Fire – Culture War
4 – The Cars – Sad Song
5 – Ryan Adams – Invisible Riverside
6 – Wilco – One Sunday Morning (Song For Jane Smiley’s Boyfriend)
7 – Fleet Foxes – Montezuma
8 – Feist – How Come You Never Go There
9 - Lady Antebellum - Just a Kiss
10 – Thomas Dolby – Cloudburst At Shingle Street
11 – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - Dream On
12 – The Jayhawks - Pouring Rain At Dawn
13 – Lady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory
14 – Journey – City Of Hope
15 – Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Never Lookin’ Back
16 – Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers - Skokiaan
17 – Ry Cooder - No Banker Left Behind
18 – George Harrison – Isn’t It A Pity
19 – Gorillaz - Phoner To Arizona
20 – Red Hot Chili Peppers - Brendan’s Death Song
I’ve just submitted the article “A Patient-Centric Approach to using new technology for diabetes education in young adults” to the Diabetes Educator for possible publication this morning.
The article was co-written with Dr Mike Masding, Associate Professor Jacqui Taylor and Professor Kate Galvin.
You’ll be able to track it’s progress by visiting this blog post over the next few months……
Just over three years into my part-time PhD and I’m now clear of the twin hurdles of NHS ethics and research governance (hurrah!) and about to start recruiting. As some readers may be interested in the articles which I’ve published/submitted in the areas around my research since my study began, here’s an up-to-date list with links to the freely available ones included……..
***SUBMITTED (2011)***
A Patient-Centric Approach to using new technology for diabetes education in young adults
[Submitted to the Diabetes Educator in December 2011 with co-authors Dr Mike Masding, Associate Professor Jacqui Taylor and Professor Kate Galvin]
Munchausen by Internet (MBI): Current research and future directions
[Submitted to J Med Internet Res in November 2011 with second author Dr Jacqui Taylor]
Concussion Information on the Move: The Role of Mobile Technology in Concussion Management
[Submitted to Journal of Community Informatics in August 2011 with first author Osman H. Ahmed - Centre for Physiotherapy Research, School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand]
***PUBLISHED***
Integrating Web 2.0 with Mental Health Care
Published in Connect Newsletter (Mental Health Informatics Special Interest Group (MHSIG) of the Royal College of Psychiatrist), Autumn 2010 Issue. Page 17 – 19.
[November 2010]
http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/pdf/ConnectAutumn2010.pdf
Mobile Technology as a mechanism for delivering improved Quality of Life
Published in The Journal of the Research Center for Educational Technology, Volume 6 Issue 1. Page 111-121.
[April 2010]
http://www.rcetj.org/index.php/rcetj/article/view/51
A patient centred framework for improving LTC Quality of Life through Web 2.0 Technology
Published in The Health Informatics Journal, Volume 16 Issue 1. Page 15-23.
[April 2010]
http://jhi.sagepub.com/content/16/1/15.short
Twitter as a tool for delivering improved Quality of Life for people with chronic conditions
Published in Journal of Nursing and Healthcare of Chronic Illness, Volume 1 Issue 3. Page 245-252.
[September 2009]
http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/10830/
This was the question that we were asked to ponder at the panel discussion before the Bournemouth University New Media Writing Prizes were handed out last night. I’m still trying to work that one out…….At the discussion I was frantically opening up all of the windows on my iPhone to remember the sites the panel mentioned – here are some of the most interesting:
iPad Apps
Why The Net Matters
The Magic of Reality
Panel Web Links
The Random House Group
The Literary Platform
JR Carpenter
Companies
Failbetter Games
RJDJ
Games
Night Circus
The two winners of the prize are worth checking out too:
5 Haitis – Simon Kerr (Nottingham) – Student Winner
Loss of Grasp - Serge Bouchardon and Vincent Volckaert (France) – Main Prize Winner
I also found this really interesting article online -
The New Place of Reading: Locative Media and the Future of Narrative after googling “narrative, google maps, geo location” and will be checking this area out at a later date….
