Interacción humano computador para promover actividad física y rediseñar los hábitos alimenticios de jóvenes estudiantes en una institución educativa de Cuenca

Abstract

This work presents the construction of an interactive web portal, developed through a Human Centered Design (HCD) process with the participation of adolescent students, subsequently, studies based on Teen-Computer Interaction (TeenCI), a branch in HumanComputer Interaction (HCI) that involves individuals of a specific age range. The TeenCI studies are carried out to promote healthy habits in the students at a school in the city of Cuenca, these students are participants in the experiment carried out to evaluate the interactive web portal developed. The HCD process begins with the analysis of the characteristics of the potential users through the Personas technique, continuing with the obtaining of user requirements, which allows the elaboration of the design solutions that are evaluated by the participants of the HCD process. With these solutions, the web portal is implemented, incorporating interactive elements that promote its use by users. The purpose of the experiment carried out is to validate hypotheses regarding the healthy habits of the participants, as well as to validate the usability of the web portal and the experience of the users participating in the experiment. The experiment begins with the analysis of the physical activity parameters of the experimental subjects to obtain data that later can be compared and evaluate if there is a degree of improvement. Then, questionnaires recognized by the HCI/TeenCI community are applied to validate the usability of the web portal and the user experience. Once the experiment is finished, the results that allow answering the research questions are analyzed, demonstrating the validity of the hypotheses, or discarding them based on these results. Finally, the conclusions of the work carried out are included