Exploring the Abyss of Inequalities

1. Front Matter

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2. E-Health

   1. A Viewpoint for More Ethical Approach in Healthcare Information System Development and Procurement: The Four Principles

      • Jani S. Koskinen, Olli I. Heimo, Kai K. Kimppa

      Pages 1-9

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   2. Social Media’s Potential in Improving the Mental Well-Being of the Unemployed

      • Anne Suphan, Miriam Feuls, Christian Fieseler

      Pages 10-28

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   3. Virtual Health Check and Coaching: Insights from the Consumers and Implications for Persuasive Design

      • Tuomas Lehto, Harri Oinas-Kukkonen, Timo Pätiälä, Osmo Saarelma

      Pages 29-40

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   4. Design of a Web-Based Information System for Sleep Deprivation – A Trial Study

      • Sitwat Langrial, Harri Oinas-Kukkonen, Shiyuan Wang

      Pages 41-51

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3. Measuring and Documenting Health and Well-Being

   1. Lower Incidence of Hypertension among Swedish Speakers as Compared to Finnish Speakers in the Helsinki Birth Cohort from Finland – An Example of Early Programming of Disease?

      • Sakari Suominen, Tom Forsén, Salla-Maarit Volanen, Bo Isomaa, Tero Vahlberg, Johan Eriksson

      Pages 52-59

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   2. Heart Rate Variability Measurements in Mobile Work

      • Ursula Hyrkkänen, Matti Vartiainen

      Pages 60-67

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4. Empowering and Educating Citizens for Healthy Living and Equal Opportunities

   1. Impact of Online Agro-technology Diploma Program and Its Future Perspectives for Improving Socio-economic Well-Being of Farmers in Sri Lanka

      • Nisansala P. Vidanapathirana, Kshanika Hirimburegama, Sriwarnasinghe A. P. Nelka, Kumara Hirimburegama, Jae Ho Kim

      Pages 68-82

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   2. Can Mobile Health Deliver Participatory Medicine to All Citizens in Modern Society?

      • Remberto Martinez, Marcos Tong

      Pages 83-90

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5. Governance for Health

   1. Complaints Made to the Council for Mass Media in Finland Concerning the Personal and Professional Lives of Doctors

      • Ulla Ahlmén-Laiho, Sakari Suominen, Ulla Järvi, Risto Tuominen

      Pages 91-103

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   2. Governance of Managerial Information Needed by Nurse Managers in Hospitals – A Literature Review

      • Laura-Maria Murtola, Heljä Lundgrén-Laine, Sanna Salanterä

      Pages 104-118

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   3. Avoiding Hazards – What Can Health Care Learn from Aviation?

      • Olli Sjöblom, Juho Heimonen, Lotta Kauhanen, Veronika Laippala, Heljä Lundgrén-Laine, Laura-Maria Murtola et al.

      Pages 119-127

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6. Safe and Secure Cities

   1. Citizens Involvement for Safe and High Quality Urban Living: Three Success Factors for ICT-Enabled Initiatives

      • Francesca Ricciardi, Marco De Marco

      Pages 128-137

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7. Information Society as a Challenge and a Possibility for Aged People

   1. Finnish ‘Silver Surfers’ and Online Health Information

      • Kristina Eriksson-Backa

      Pages 138-149

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   2. Vision Enhancement Technique Based on Eye Tracking System

      • Vidas Raudonis, Agne Paulauskaite-Taraseviciene, Rytis Maskeliunas

      Pages 150-160

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8. Back Matter

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Well-Being in the Information Society, WIS 2012, held in Turku, Finland, in August 2012. The 13 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on e-health; measuring and documenting health and well-being; empowering and educating citizens for healthy living and equal opportunities; governance for health; safe and secure cities; information society as a challenge and a possibility for aged people.

• eHealth
• healthcare
• information systems
• urban living
• vision impairments

• Information Studies, Åbo Akademi University, Åbo, Finland

  Kristina Eriksson-Backa, Annika Luoma, Erica Krook

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