SOFA: An online social network for engaging and motivating families to adopt a healthy lifestyle

Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group - Design: Open 24/7, OZCHI '09

Volumn 411, Issue , 2009, Pages 269-272

  Baghaei, Nilufar ^a   Freyne, Jill ^a   Kimani, Stephen ^a   Smith, Greg ^a   Berkovsky, Shlomo ^a   Bhandari, Dipak ^a   Colineau, Nathalie ^a   Paris, Cecile ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Family health care; Social networks; User engagement

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY LEVELS; EDUCATIONAL CONTENTS; GLOBAL EPIDEMIC; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL NETWORKS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; USER ENGAGEMENT; WEIGHT MANAGEMENT;

HEALTH; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; NUTRITION;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 77952979610     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1738826.1738871     Document Type: Conference Paper

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