@inproceedings{c9601e8b99a747f783085ac758ed868d,
title = "Using information generated by health apps to increase personal health and fitness knowledge",
abstract = "Many people find themselves living unhealthy lifestyles, not because they are not interested in being healthy but rather because they have little to no knowledge about making the right decisions based on a living a healthier lifestyle. With the proliferation of awareness of health and fitness in the 21st century, has resulted in a rise in the number of gymnasiums and aids for people to choose a healthier life. Electronic devices and health and fitness mobile applications (apps) have flooded the health and fitness market. This study was conducted within the University of Johannesburg. The aim of the study was to investigate how tertiary students make use of the information provided by the Health Apps to develop their knowledge of personal health to make healthier life decisions. The theory of planned behaviour was used was used as the framework to conduct the empirical study. This theory of planned behaviour stipulates that the health and fitness apps information provided aid the students in making healthier decisions, resulting in the understanding that Health and Fitness Apps deliberately plan to influence the behaviour of users in making healthier decisions. This theory predicted the deliberate behaviour since the behaviour can be planned and deliberative. The results of the research indicated that students had little or no knowledge to enable them to make the right decisions about their physical well-being. Those that made use of the health and fitness apps were able to make good health decisions, as they indicated the different benefits its came with, even though they were used for different reasons. The effectiveness of the health and fitness apps can be examined through determining how the students develop their knowledge, based on the information generated by the apps. This paper looks into what aspects affect participants' initial use of the health and fitness technology. The paper also seeks to identify how user satisfaction is taken into consideration when utilisation of the apps is linked to continued use of the apps.",
keywords = "Decision making, Health and fitness apps, Knowledge development, Mobile applications, Tertiary students",
author = "Joel Arthur",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Academic Conferences Limited. All rights reserved.; 20th European Conference on Knowledge Management, ECKM 2019 ; Conference date: 05-09-2019 Through 06-09-2019",
year = "2019",
doi = "10.34190/KM.19.195",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of the European Conference on Knowledge Management, ECKM",
publisher = "Academic Conferences Limited",
pages = "77--83",
editor = "Eduardo Tome and Francisco Cesario and Soares, {Raquel Reis}",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on Knowledge Management, ECKM 2019",
}