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Author International Conference on Well-Being in the Information Society (4th : 2012 : Turku, Finland)

Title Exploring the abyss of inequalities : 4th International Conference on Well-Being in the Information Society, WIS 2012, Turku, Finland, August 22-24, 2012. Proceedings / Kristina Eriksson-Backa, Annika Luoma, Erica Krook (eds.)
Published Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2012

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Series Communications in computer and information science, 1865-0929 ; 313
Communications in computer and information science ; 313.
Contents Part 1. E-Health -- A Viewpoint for More Ethical Approach in Healthcare Information System Development and Procurement: The Four Principles / Jani S. Koskinen, Olli I. Heimo and Kai K. Kimppa -- Social Media's Potential in Improving the Mental Well-Being of the Unemployed / Anne Suphan, Miriam Feuls and Christian Fieseler -- Virtual Health Check and Coaching: Insights from the Consumers and Implications for Persuasive Design / Tuomas Lehto, Harri Oinas-Kukkonen, Timo Pätiälä and Osmo Saarelma -- Design of a Web-Based Information System for Sleep Deprivation -- A Trial Study / Sitwat Langrial, Harri Oinas-Kukkonen and Shiyuan Wang
Part 2. Measuring and Documenting Health and Well-Being -- Lower Incidence of Hypertension among Swedish Speakers as Compared to Finnish Speakers in the Helsinki Birth Cohort from Finland -- An Example of Early Programming of Disease? / Sakari Suominen, Tom Forsén, Salla-Maarit Volanen, Bo Isomaa and Tero Vahlberg, et al. -- Heart Rate Variability Measurements in Mobile Work / Ursula Hyrkkänen and Matti Vartiainen
Part 3. Empowering and Educating Citizens for Healthy Living and Equal Opportunities -- Impact of Online Agro-technology Diploma Program and Its Future Perspectives for Improving Socio-economic Well-Being of Farmers in Sri Lanka / Nisansala P. Vidanapathirana, Kshanika Hirimburegama, Sriwarnasinghe A.P. Nelka, Kumara Hirimburegama and Jae Ho Kim -- Can Mobile Health Deliver Participatory Medicine to All Citizens in Modern Society? / Remberto Martinez and Marcos Tong
Part 4. Governance for Health -- Complaints Made to the Council for Mass Media in Finland Concerning the Personal and Professional Lives of Doctors / Ulla Ahlmén-Laiho, Sakari Suominen, Ulla Järvi and Risto Tuominen -- Governance of Managerial Information Needed by Nurse Managers in Hospitals -- A Literature Review / Laura-Maria Murtola, Heljä Lundgrén-Laine and Sanna Salanterä -- Avoiding Hazards -- What Can Health Care Learn from Aviation? / Olli Sjöblom, Juho Heimonen, Lotta Kauhanen, Veronika Laippala and Heljä Lundgrén-Laine, et al
Part 5. Safe and Secure Cities -- Citizens Involvement for Safe and High Quality Urban Living: Three Success Factors for ICT-Enabled Initiatives / Francesca Ricciardi and Marco De Marco
Part 6. Information Society as a Challenge and a Possibility for Aged People -- Finnish 'Silver Surfers' and Online Health Information / Kristina Eriksson-Backa -- Vision Enhancement Technique Based on Eye Tracking System / Vidas Raudonis, Agne Paulauskaite-Taraseviciene and Rytis Maskeliunas
Summary This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Well-Being in the Information Society, WIS 2012, held in Turku, Finland, in August 2012. The 13 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on e-health; measuring and documenting health and well-being; empowering and educating citizens for healthy living and equal opportunities; governance for health; safe and secure cities; information society as a challenge and a possibility for aged people
Analysis Computer science
Computers and Society
User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction
Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and author index
Notes English
Subject Information society -- Congresses
Well-being -- Congresses
Telecommunication in medicine.
Health services accessibility.
Social Networking
Telemedicine
Consumer Health Information
Health Services Accessibility
Healthcare Disparities
Socioeconomic Factors
Informatique.
Telecommunication in medicine
Health services accessibility
Information society
Well-being
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Eriksson-Backa, Kristina, 1972-
Luoma, Annika
Krook, Erica
ISBN 9783642328503
3642328504
3642328490
9783642328497
Other Titles WIS 2012