Asthmon: empowering asthmatic children's self-management with a virtual pet

Authors:
Hee Rin Lee;Wassa R. Panont;Brian Plattenburg;Jean-Pierre de la Croix;Dilip Patharachalam;Gregory Abowd
Affiliations:
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA;Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA;Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA;Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA;Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA;Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
Venue:
CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2010

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Abstract

Asthma is a common chronic childhood disease. Children spend a majority of their time in schools, and barriers to on-site asthma management have been reported. Previous forms of clinical intervention have regarded patients as passive subjects. However, self-management plays a significant role in caring for asthmatics. We consider asthmatic children and their parents, primary caregivers, as active participants in their treatment and care. To achieve this, we created Asthmon, a portable virtual pet that measures the lung capacity, and instructs appropriate actions to take.