Digital Health Generation 2019

OVERVIEW

Hosted as part of the Wellcome Trust funded project ‘The Digital Health Generation: The impact of ‘healthy lifestyle’ technologies on young people’s learning, identities and health practices’ a collaborative research programme by the University of Bath, University of Salford, and the University of Canberra. Find out more at the project website: https://www.digitalhealthgeneration.net and follow on twitter: @DigiHealthGen. Research team: Professor Emma Rich, Professor Andy Miah, Dr Sarah Lewis, Professor Deborah Lupton.

PROGRAMME

• The event will report on a two year research project funded by the Wellcome Trust investigating young people’s experiences and views of digital health technologies and the impact on their health and wellbeing. Evidence will be shared from research with over 1,000 young people and from interviews with parents and discuss the issues for health practice, challenges and consider future directions for young people and digital health.
• Panel Discussion with leading experts in the field
• hear from the NHS apps and wearable team about what NHS Digital is doing, along with its newly launched Apps Library, and work towards identifying solutions for guidance on digital adoption
• Exhibitions of digital health technologies (e.g. app developers) and research

REGISTRATION

You can register online now.