Personalized Guidance for People Empowerment and Self-efficacy towards Healthy Lifestyles - The Solution Proposed in SEMEOTICONS

Sara Colantonio, Massimo Martinelli, Ovidio Salvetti

2014

Abstract

This paper discusses the problem of fostering lifestyle changes towards healthier habits by means of coaching and supportive messages in the frame of a tailored users’ guidance. Starting from the importance of behavioural changes to foster wellbeing and disease prevention, the main aspects of tailored users’ guidance are reviewed, with a brief overview of the methods presented in the literature. The solution proposed in the EU FP7 Project SEMEOTICONS is then presented, discussing its advantages with respect to the state of the art.

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Colantonio S., Martinelli M. and Salvetti O. (2014). Personalized Guidance for People Empowerment and Self-efficacy towards Healthy Lifestyles - The Solution Proposed in SEMEOTICONS . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: SUPERHEAL, (BIOSTEC 2014) ISBN 978-989-758-010-9, pages 583-590. DOI: 10.5220/0004938705830590


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@conference{superheal14,
author={Sara Colantonio and Massimo Martinelli and Ovidio Salvetti},
title={Personalized Guidance for People Empowerment and Self-efficacy towards Healthy Lifestyles - The Solution Proposed in SEMEOTICONS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: SUPERHEAL, (BIOSTEC 2014)},
year={2014},
pages={583-590},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004938705830590},
isbn={978-989-758-010-9},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: SUPERHEAL, (BIOSTEC 2014)
TI - Personalized Guidance for People Empowerment and Self-efficacy towards Healthy Lifestyles - The Solution Proposed in SEMEOTICONS
SN - 978-989-758-010-9
AU - Colantonio S.
AU - Martinelli M.
AU - Salvetti O.
PY - 2014
SP - 583
EP - 590
DO - 10.5220/0004938705830590