Swellness

http://swellnessresearch.wordpress.com/

Funder: Intel, RWJ

The Swellness project uses social websites, such as Facebook or Twitter, to deliver health and wellness interventions.

Examples of applications we have built include Three Good Things, Steps, and AffectCheck.

People

Publications

Happier Together: Integrating a Wellness Application Into a Social Network Site

Sean A Munson, Debra Lauterbach, Mark W Newman, Paul Resnick

Persuasive 2010 (pdf)

“It's not that I don't have problems, I'm just not putting them on Facebook”: Challenges and Opportunities in Using Online Social Networks for Health

Mark W Newman, Debra Lauterbach, Sean A Munson, Paul Resnick, Margaret E Morris

CSCW 2011 (pdf)

Beyond the Share Button: Making Social Network Sites Work for Health and Wellness

IEEE Potentials (url)

Exploring Goal-setting, Rewards, Self-monitoring, and Sharing to Motivate Physical Activity

Sean A Munson, Sunny Consolvo

Pervasive Health 2012 (pdf)