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A wearable device for monitoring health risks when children play outdoors
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Uma área onde a educação para a saúde pode ter um
papel importante diz respeito à exposição excessiva ao sol, e outros
elementos climáticos, especialmente por grupos de pessoas mais
sensíveis como é o caso das crianças. Embora sejam conhecidos
bastantes benefícios para a saúde humana com a exposição solar
também é verdade que, em situações extremas, podem surgir
doenças relacionadas com a exposição a estes elementos. É, por
isso, importante criar mecanismos de monitorização para que as
crianças possam estar a salvo de riscos de saúde que possam advir
da exposição aos mesmos. Neste artigo é apresentado o
desenvolvimento de um dispositivo que permite monitorizar
alguns parâmetros associados à saúde e condições a que uma
criança pode estar exposta e, consoante essas condições, permite
alertar para o risco a que esta se encontra exposta. Os pontos fortes
do protótipo apresentado, no que respeita à saúde das crianças,
centram-se, não só nos avisos que a alteração das cores do alerta
luminoso lhes fornecerá relativamente à radiação solar UV,
temperatura corporal, e temperatura ambiente como também na
aprendizagem dos cuidados e das medidas de proteção a adotar,
em tempo real e face às condições específicas do momento. Para os
adultos, o protótipo mostra-se também ser interessante, de acordo
com as respostas aos inquéritos, e vantajoso na medida em que os
pode ajudar, em determinadas circunstâncias, no
acompanhamento e monitorização constante das crianças. Mas,
acima de tudo, promove sensibilização para a importância de ter
cuidados com a saúde, em especial com as crianças.
ABSTRACT: — Health education is very important to raise awareness about the dangers of excessive exposure to the sun, and other climatic elements, especially for more sensitive groups of people such as children. Although there are many known benefits of sun exposure to human health, it is also true that, when in excess, it can also raise the risk of diseases related to exposure to these elements. It is, therefore, important to have monitoring mechanisms to keep children safe from health risks that may arise from exposure to those climatic elements. This work describes the development of a wearable device that monitors some parameters associated with health and conditions to which a child may be exposed and, depending on these conditions, it alerts to the risk to which the child is exposed. The strengths of the described system, regarding children's health, focus not only on the warnings that the changing colours of the light alert will provide them with, as to UV solar radiation, body temperature and ambient temperature, it also improves knowledge about the promotion of health and protection measures to be adopted, considering the conditions to which the child is exposed. For adults, the prototype also reveals some interest, according to the responses to the surveys, and advantageous in that it can help them in the constant monitoring of their children. But, above all, it makes it possible to raise awareness of the importance of health care, especially with children.
ABSTRACT: — Health education is very important to raise awareness about the dangers of excessive exposure to the sun, and other climatic elements, especially for more sensitive groups of people such as children. Although there are many known benefits of sun exposure to human health, it is also true that, when in excess, it can also raise the risk of diseases related to exposure to these elements. It is, therefore, important to have monitoring mechanisms to keep children safe from health risks that may arise from exposure to those climatic elements. This work describes the development of a wearable device that monitors some parameters associated with health and conditions to which a child may be exposed and, depending on these conditions, it alerts to the risk to which the child is exposed. The strengths of the described system, regarding children's health, focus not only on the warnings that the changing colours of the light alert will provide them with, as to UV solar radiation, body temperature and ambient temperature, it also improves knowledge about the promotion of health and protection measures to be adopted, considering the conditions to which the child is exposed. For adults, the prototype also reveals some interest, according to the responses to the surveys, and advantageous in that it can help them in the constant monitoring of their children. But, above all, it makes it possible to raise awareness of the importance of health care, especially with children.
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Keywords
Biomonitorização Dispositivos wearable Educação para a saúde Promoção da Saúde Serviços móveis na saúde Transferência de tecnologia. Bio-signals monitoring Health education Health promotion m-Health services Technology transfer Wearable devices
Pedagogical Context
Citation
Azevedo, D., Esteves, A., Ribeiro, F., Farinha, L., & Metrôlho, J. (2020). A wearable device for monitoring health risks when children play outdoors. In Conferência Ibérica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação,15, Sevilha, 24- 27 de junho - CISTI 2020. p-1-6.