Smart coaching strategies that integrate social networks and modern technology to empower young people to be physically active The Active2Gether project is financed by the Partnership Program “Healthy Lifestyle Solutions (HLS)” of STW, NIHC and Philips Research (grant no 12014) 1 2 Active2Gether - Team Jan Treur Johannes Brug VU Medical Center Amsterdam Michel Klein VU University Amsterdam Philips Julienka Mollee Saskia te Velde Adnan Manzoor Rajper Anouk Middelweerd Aart van Halteren 3 Goal Unobtrusive monitoring Analyses Coaching 4 Physical activity promotion Sport participation Active transport Taking the stairs 5 Input for the coaching engine What is already available and known? • Review apps: • Theory-based • Technical advancedness • Literature study What is needed? • Barriers and facilitators: • Physical activity • Active transport • Taking the stairs • App usage and preferences • BCTs in apps Highly tailored feedback • Combining knowledge from the previous research into a if-then database 6 Summary • Physical activity promotion in young adults • Modern technology • Real time feedback based on unobtrusive measurements 7 Anouk Middelweerd [email protected] active2gether.few.vu.nl The Active2Gether project is financed by the Partnership Program “Healthy Lifestyle Solutions (HLS)” of STW, NIHC and Philips Research (grant no 12014) 8 Input Active2Gether Monitoring System Web Server Database 9