Dengue, zika and chikungunya are endemic diseases transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that are affecting different countries in the world. Current efforts to control the mosquito are more effective when combined with the collaboration of population. Efforts to limit the number of cases have not been sufficiently effective and community engagement is essential to control the number of mosquitoes in the environment. This chapter describes the process of development of mobile apps designed to promote health and combat Aedes. The strategy was to engage the community and students from different levels in a city in of Brazil to devise, in a participatory design approach, apps to “fight” Aedes.
BT - Mobile Story Making in an Age of Smartphones DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-76795-6_14 LA - eng N2 -Dengue, zika and chikungunya are endemic diseases transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that are affecting different countries in the world. Current efforts to control the mosquito are more effective when combined with the collaboration of population. Efforts to limit the number of cases have not been sufficiently effective and community engagement is essential to control the number of mosquitoes in the environment. This chapter describes the process of development of mobile apps designed to promote health and combat Aedes. The strategy was to engage the community and students from different levels in a city in of Brazil to devise, in a participatory design approach, apps to “fight” Aedes.
PB - Palgrave Pivot PY - 2018 SP - 139 EP - 150 T2 - Mobile Story Making in an Age of Smartphones TI - Devising mobile apps: Participatory design for endemic diseases transmitted by the mosquito Aedes (dengue, zika and chikungunya). ER -