Dear colleagues,
<br>
<br>Please consider submitting your abstract to the Digitally Engaged Patient
<br>conference (Copenhagen, Denmark, June 11-12th , 2019):
<br>
<br>Abstratc Deadline: February 1, 2019
<br>
<br>
<br>Now Call for abstracts:
<br>https://vital.ku.dk/news-from-vital/call-for-abstracts/
<br>
<br>The Digitally Engaged Patient Conference - Copenhagen, June 11-12th
<br>2019
<br>
<br>
<br>Keynote speakers:
<br>Professor Deborah
<br>Lupton, Faculty of Arts & Design, University of
<br>Canberra
<br>Associate Professor Henriette
<br>Langstrup, Department
<br>of Public Health, University of Copenhagen
<br>In recent decades, there has been a shift from preventing morbid death to the
<br>everyday challenges of living with disease, where quality of life indicators,
<br>as well as the wellbeing and life satisfaction of individuals and nations, are
<br>increasingly mapped out and tabulated. At the same time, while improving the
<br>lives of those living with illness is reflected in the objectives of global
<br>and national health policies, health care provision throughout the world is
<br>suffering from austerity and economic strain. Not least as a consequence, new
<br>ICT (information and communication technologies) initiatives are on the global
<br>health agenda with an aim to improve productivity and effectiveness, enhance
<br>services, and reduce costs on governments. The assumption is that ICTs in
<br>healthcare will reduce costs by enabling patients to care for themselves to
<br>larger degrees. However, new obstacles and dilemmas arise due to shifts in
<br>tasks and responsibilities which in turn raise questions about good care and
<br>the quality of life of patients.
<br>Within this broader move towards ICT-based solutions, we have seen a rapid
<br>increase in the number of eHealth and mHealth projects globally. Whereas
<br>eHealth covers the use of and enrolment in online forums and communities,
<br>blogs, podcasts, YouTube, Twitter, Snapchat and Wikis, mHealth defines
<br>portable, device-based and mobile access to connect around a common illness
<br>diagnosis as well as opportunities for self-tracking, monitoring and even
<br>treating disease. With smart-care and smart-technologies based on downloaded
<br>apps on mobile devices, self-care and monitoring of disease has become
<br>available by reaching into the pocket just one click away for those who have
<br>access to smartphones and ICT infrastructures. At the same time, researchers
<br>have pointed to the fact that new technologies and digital services not only
<br>change the way we communicate, but also offer innovative and creative ways of
<br>monitoring health and well-being, albeit for those who choose to engage with
<br>them.
<br>This 2-day conference on The Digitally Engaged Patient addresses and
<br>challenges the recent transition from eHealth to mHealth and welcomes
<br>researchers within the fields of social science and humanities (anthropology,
<br>sociology, science and technology studies, cultural studies and the like). We
<br>hope the conference can be a venue for critical discussions around good care
<br>and quality of life for patients in the 21st century with digitalized
<br>technologies for (self-)caring.
<br>We seek papers that engage with eHealth, mHealth, and the digital patient
<br>within the following themes, but not limited to:
<br>Chronic living and technology Embodiment and identity - Lively data, broken
<br>data - Tinkering and creativity Sociality - Patient knowledge - Digital
<br>methodologies - Aging and Digital Life Course
<br>Sign up here
<br>Best regards
<br>
<br>Natasja Kingod
<br>Postdoctoral Researcher, VITAL
<br>
<br>Department of Anthropology
<br>University of Copenhagen
<br>ster Farimagsgade 5
<br>1353 Copenhagen K
<br>Denmark
<br>natasja.kingod@anthro.ku.dk
<br>+45 23907473
<br>www.vital.ku.dk
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