Environment Change for Better Health Behavior
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Designing Environment Change
How can environment change help college students improve their health behavior?
Kai KightStanford University
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College is a CRAZY
environment...
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BUSY schedules
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A TON OF people
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SHARED living conditions
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WITH ALL THIS...
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WITH ALL THIS...
How can college students change their environment for positive health behavior?
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The first question to ask is...
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The first question to ask is...
What do college students actually WANT to change?
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The first question to ask is...
What do college students actually WANT to change?
I asked them...
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Meet INSIYA
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Wants to Procrastinate LESS
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Meet JOHN
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Wants to go to the gym MORE
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Meet KAREEM
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Wants to Party
LESS
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To design environment change for them...
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To design environment change for them...
I did some testing on myself first!
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For one week, I changed my own college environment so that I would...
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For one week, I changed my own college environment so that I would...
1 Procrastinate LESS
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For one week, I changed my own college environment so that I would...
1 Procrastinate LESS
2 Go to the gym MORE
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For one week, I changed my own college environment so that I would...
1 Procrastinate LESS
2 Go to the gym MORE
3 Party LESS
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My method was SIMPLE
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My method was SIMPLE
Make the "MORE" behaviors EASIER
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My method was SIMPLE
Make the "LESS" behaviors HARDER
Make the "MORE" behaviors EASIER
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What makes focusing hard for college students?
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What makes focusing hard for college students?
1. Mind Distractions from sources of media
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What makes focusing hard for college students?
1. Mind Distractions from sources of media
2. Routine of checking other sources
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What makes focusing hard for college students?
1. Mind Distractions from sources of media
2. Routine of checking other sources
how I made it easier...
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Re-Organized INTERFACES
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Re-Organized INTERFACES
Cleared Bookmark Bar of Facebook, Yahoo, and ESPN
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Re-Organized INTERFACES
Cleared Bookmark Bar of Facebook, Yahoo, and ESPN
Cleared iPhone Homescreen of Social Apps
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RESULTS
1. My proposed interface change only worked for a couple of days, then I built
new habits to reach distracting sites.
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RESULTS
1. My proposed interface change only worked for a couple of days, then I built
new habits to reach distracting sites.(addiction...)
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RESULTS
1. My proposed interface change only worked for a couple of days, then I built
new habits to reach distracting sites.(addiction...)
2. I eventually downloaded "Self Control", an app to disable certain sites for a
determined time
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In the future I would...
tt Engage Social Responsibility
1. Have friend hit me when I am not focusing
2. Have a friend literally hide my cell phone
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2.
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What makes going to the gym hard for college students?
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What makes going to the gym hard for college students?
1. Physical effort of going all the way to gym
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What makes going to the gym hard for college students?
1. Physical effort of going all the way to gym
2. Time out of a busy schedule
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What makes going to the gym hard for college students?
1. Physical effort of going all the way to gym
2. Time out of a busy schedule
how I made it easier...
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Brought the gym TO MYRoom
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Brought the gym TO MYRoom
Pull up bar on the doorway
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Brought the gym TO MYRoom
Pull up bar on the doorway Resistance bands on chair
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Brought the gym TO MYRoom
Pull up bar on the doorway
Resistance bands on door
Resistance bands on chair
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RESULTS
1. I worked out in my room everyday for at least 20 minutes.
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RESULTS
1. I worked out in my room everyday for at least 20 minutes.
2. I would do pull ups just because the bar was there.
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RESULTS
1. I worked out in my room everyday for at least 20 minutes.
2. I would do pull ups just because the bar was there.
3. Definitely my most successful behavior change!
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3.
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What makes partying less hard for college students?
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What makes partying less hard for college students?
1. Socially exclusive feeling of not fitting in or missing
out
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What makes partying less hard for college students?
1. Socially exclusive feeling of not fitting in or missing
out
how I made it easier...
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Changed my SOCIAL
Environment
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Changed my SOCIAL
Environment
Played socially conscious playlist continuously in my room
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Changed my SOCIAL
Environment
Played socially conscious playlist continuously in my room
Only parked in back parking lot to avoid intoxicated peers
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RESULTS
1. I did not party!
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RESULTS
1. I did not party!
2. The feeling of the music was extremely powerful. It gave me a feeling of social inclusion through sound even though I was "missing out" on things outside of my room.
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Learnings
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Learnings
1. The perceived size of a behavior affects whether or not you will do it
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Learnings
1. The perceived size of a behavior affects whether or not you will do it
2. Reduce your cognitive responsibilities in order to focus
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Learnings
1. The perceived size of a behavior affects whether or not you will do it
2. Reduce your cognitive responsibilities in order to focus
3. When you invest time into changing your environment, it pays off!
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Thanks for Viewing!
Kai KightStanford University | 2014B.S. Candidate | Product Design [email protected]
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