• DOI:10.3233/978-1-61499-666-8-48
• Corpus ID: 31500364

Promoting UV Exposure Awareness with Persuasive, Wearable Technologies

@article{Hussain2016PromotingUE,
  title={Promoting UV Exposure Awareness with Persuasive, Wearable Technologies},
  author={M. Sazzad Hussain and Liam Cripwell and Shlomo Berkovsky and Jill Freyne},
  journal={Studies in health technology and informatics},
  year={2016},
  volume={227},
  pages={
          48-54
        }
}

• M. Hussain, Liam Cripwell, +1 author J. Freyne
• Published 2016
• Medicine
• Studies in health technology and informatics

Current methods to promote awareness of the sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation have focussed on delivering population level information and some location-based reporting of UV Index (UVI). However, diseases related to excessive (e.g. sunburn, skin cancer) or insufficient (e.g. vitamin D deficiency) exposure to sunlight still remain a global burden. The emergence of wearable sensors and the application of persuasive technology in health domains raise the possibility for technology to influence awareness of sufficient sun intake for vitamin D production, as well as preventing risk of skin damage. This paper presents a personalised solution to promote healthy, safe sun exposure using wearable devices and persuasive techniques.