Improving the Well-Being and Safety of Children with Sensors and Mobile Technology

The well-being and safety of children and young people are important aspects in all contexts of everyday life. In particular, a feeling of insecurity might be a problem when being alone. Bullying is also common among school-age children and teenagers. Hence, there is a great need for personalized su...

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Published in:Journal of technology in human services 2016-10, Vol.34 (4), p.359-375
Main Authors: Kinnunen, Matti, Ervasti, Mari, Jutila, Mirjami, Pantsar, Susanna, Sesay, Adama M., Pääkkönen, Satu, Mäki, Marianne, Mian, Salman Qayyum, Oinas-Kukkonen, Harri, Oduor, Michael, Kuonanoja, Liisa, Riekki, Jukka, Juho, Anita, Ahokangas, Petri, Perälä-Heape, Maritta, Kotovaara, Hanna, Alasaarela, Esko
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Bullying
Child
Child development
Children
Everyday life
Insecurity
measurement
Safety
school
Security
Sensors
Social development
Social media
Social support
support
Technology
Well being
Youth
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Summary:The well-being and safety of children and young people are important aspects in all contexts of everyday life. In particular, a feeling of insecurity might be a problem when being alone. Bullying is also common among school-age children and teenagers. Hence, there is a great need for personalized support systems to resolve these problems. This article describes a new area of research in sensor and social web development to help indicate children's insecurity in their daily environment. Deeper integration of sensors and the social web would allow us to foresee drastic changes in communities and new social-ethical scenarios will emerge.
ISSN:1522-8835
1522-8991
DOI:10.1080/15228835.2016.1250028