Advancing Digital Behavior Change Interventions by Exploring a Calendar-Based Suggestion System

Ida Damen; Roy Van Den Heuvel; Rens Brankaert; Steven Vos

doi:10.1145/3452853.3452866

Advancing Digital Behavior Change Interventions by Exploring a Calendar-Based Suggestion System

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Abstract

Digital Behavior Change Interventions (DBCI) have a pivotal role in reducing lifestyle-related illness, absenteeism, and healthcare costs. Current challenges in designing DBCI are appropriately tailoring interventions and finding new forms of delivery. In this exploratory work, we present the design and evaluation of Tweak, a cloud-based health promotion system that integrates tailored and context-aware health suggestions into the users digital work calendar. Two four-week field studies (N=21) showed how Tweak adapted to changing user profiles and used personal and contextual data to situate suggestions. User insights showed that integration into the calendar stimulated reflective behavior and curiosity and was perceived as easy to use. However, due to differences in calendar use, suggestions could be overlooked. We conclude by discussing implications on how integrated delivery mechanisms can aid the development of future workplace DBCI.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ECCE '21
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 32nd European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics
Editors	Patrizia Marti, Oronzo Parlangeli, Annamaria Recupero
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4503-8757-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3452853.3452866
Publication status	Published - 26 Apr 2021
Event	32nd European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics: Designing Virtual and Physical Interactive Systems, ECCE 2021 - Virtual, Online, Italy Duration: 26 Apr 2021 → 29 Apr 2021

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Conference	32nd European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics: Designing Virtual and Physical Interactive Systems, ECCE 2021
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Virtual, Online
Period	26/04/21 → 29/04/21

Funding

We thank all participants and Bureau Moeilijke Dingen for the development support. This research was supported by EIT Health (“ProVITA” [17288]).

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Calendar
Context-aware
Field study
Health-Promotion
Office workers
Workplace

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Damen, I., Van Den Heuvel, R., Brankaert, R., & Vos, S. (2021). Advancing Digital Behavior Change Interventions by Exploring a Calendar-Based Suggestion System. In P. Marti, O. Parlangeli, & A. Recupero (Eds.), ECCE '21: Proceedings of the 32nd European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics Article 2 Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1145/3452853.3452866

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Damen, I, Van Den Heuvel, R , Brankaert, R & Vos, S 2021, Advancing Digital Behavior Change Interventions by Exploring a Calendar-Based Suggestion System. in P Marti, O Parlangeli & A Recupero (eds), ECCE '21: Proceedings of the 32nd European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics., 2, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc., New York, 32nd European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics: Designing Virtual and Physical Interactive Systems, ECCE 2021, Virtual, Online, Italy, 26/04/21. https://doi.org/10.1145/3452853.3452866

Advancing Digital Behavior Change Interventions by Exploring a Calendar-Based Suggestion System. / Damen, Ida; Van Den Heuvel, Roy ; Brankaert, Rens et al.
ECCE '21: Proceedings of the 32nd European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics. ed. / Patrizia Marti; Oronzo Parlangeli; Annamaria Recupero. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc., 2021. 2.

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