There is a movement taking off calling for greater patient engagement to motivate patients to be more involved in their own healthcare prevention and treatment, in order to provide more effective medical care. Though this Interactive Qualifying Project, we aided in this effort and tested a new Health Engagement Model by creating and administering an online survey. The model consists of three areas: Cognitive Engagement, Behavioral Engagement, and Healthcare Engagement. We applied this model and designed a survey to measure the Health Engagement of young adults, age 18-25. Measurement items included diet, exercise, mental health, general health, and vaccinations. We also collected demographic information from each of the surveyed students.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Viera, Gregory Ned
• Kardzhaliyski, Georgi Valentinov
• El-Rifai, Mahmoud A.

Subject

• Well-Being
• Community
• Health

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042413-100530

Keyword

• Public health
• Medical care

Advisor

• Djamasbi, Soussan
• Wilson, E. Vance

Year

• 2013

Date created

• 2013-04-24

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright