Every Walk You Take

The aim of “Every Walk You Take” (EWYT) is to empower the local inhabitants of Barcelona to experience an active and healthy aging process. A uHealth platform with personalized healthy routes according to the user geo-localization, preferences and with real-time information on air quality and climate, will be co-created and tested in a pilot study in a project managed by a stakeholder community. In addition, the platform will integrate information collected by citizen scientists on barriers and facilitators for an active living. The proposed comprehensive approach is a step forward in social well-being. If health care is recognized as a universal right, EWYT offers an innovative way to give individuals scientifically proven tools that facilitate the healthy aging and the prevention of non- communicable diseases, the main causes of death in the European Union and worldwide.

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The first aim is to co-design and prototype the EWYT uHealth platform for active living surveillance to promote a healthy aging in the context of the Smart City. 
The second objective is to evaluate the feasibility and usability of the EWYT uHealth platform in a pilot study and to identify the city barriers and facilitators for an active living and a healthy aging process through the collection of pictures and audio records.

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The equipment that will be needed for citizen scientists in the project is a smartphone (so that they can download the application) and they will need a stable connection to the Internet to access the functionalities of the application.

About funding

Funding bodies: European Comission

Created Oct. 25, 2023, 11:45 a.m.

Updated Oct. 26, 2023, 7 p.m.

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University of Barcelona

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