Investigating older adults' social networks and coproduction activities for health

Chien Wen Yuan; Jessica Kropczynski; Richard Wirth; Mary Beth Rosson; John M. Carroll

doi:10.1145/3154862.3154876

Investigating older adults' social networks and coproduction activities for health

Chien Wen Yuan
, Jessica Kropczynski
, Richard Wirth
, Mary Beth Rosson
, John M. Carroll

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

18 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

In this survey study, we extend previous research by investigating the influence of both whole network and individual ego networks on older adults' perceived wellbeing from the perspective of salutogenesis. We especially take interest in their coproduction engagement where people actively involve one another in doing different types of activities to maintain health. Participants included 173 older adults aged 60 or older from retirement communities and people who age-in-place. Using social network analysis, we found network characteristics like density, degree centrality, or diameter were not associated with older adults' coproduction engagement and psychological well-being. We further found that coproduction activities may be an important mediator because our CCRC and AiP participants had similar level of coproductions and psychological well-being. Based on the results, we suggest that technological designs should facilitate older adults' coproduction by supporting diversity, expanding coproduction networks, and having customizations for different community structures in order to promote smart and connected health.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 11th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, PervasiveHealth 2017
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	68-77
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450363631
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3154862.3154876
Publication status	Published - 2017 May 23
Externally published	Yes
Event	11th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, PervasiveHealth 2017 - Barcelona, Spain Duration: 2017 May 23 → 2017 May 26

Publication series

Name	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference	11th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, PervasiveHealth 2017
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Barcelona
Period	2017/05/23 → 2017/05/26

UN SDGs

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

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Coproduction
Health
Older adults
Salutogenesis
Social network analysis
Social networks

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Computer Networks and Communications

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Yuan, C. W., Kropczynski, J., Wirth, R., Rosson, M. B., & Carroll, J. M. (2017). Investigating older adults' social networks and coproduction activities for health. In Proceedings of the 11th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, PervasiveHealth 2017 (pp. 68-77). (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3154862.3154876

Investigating older adults' social networks and coproduction activities for health. / Yuan, Chien Wen; Kropczynski, Jessica; Wirth, Richard et al.
Proceedings of the 11th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, PervasiveHealth 2017. Association for Computing Machinery, 2017. p. 68-77 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Yuan, CW, Kropczynski, J, Wirth, R, Rosson, MB & Carroll, JM 2017, Investigating older adults' social networks and coproduction activities for health. in Proceedings of the 11th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, PervasiveHealth 2017. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 68-77, 11th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, PervasiveHealth 2017, Barcelona, Spain, 2017/05/23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3154862.3154876

Yuan CW, Kropczynski J, Wirth R, Rosson MB, Carroll JM. Investigating older adults' social networks and coproduction activities for health. In Proceedings of the 11th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, PervasiveHealth 2017. Association for Computing Machinery. 2017. p. 68-77. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). doi: 10.1145/3154862.3154876

Yuan, Chien Wen ; Kropczynski, Jessica ; Wirth, Richard et al. / Investigating older adults' social networks and coproduction activities for health. Proceedings of the 11th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, PervasiveHealth 2017. Association for Computing Machinery, 2017. pp. 68-77 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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