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Devising Mobile Apps: Participatory Design for Endemic Diseases Transmitted by the Mosquito Aedes (Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya)

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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.

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Acknowledgements

Ana P.M. Velho was funded by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development post-doctorate scholarship project under the supervision of Diana Domingues (CNPq-PQ-1A). In addition, to Ted Krueger for valuable guidance and some refreshing ideas.

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  1. Health Promotion Graduate Program, UniCesumar and ICETI-Cesumar Institute of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Paraná, Brazil

    Tiago Franklin Rodrigues Lucena

  2. State University of Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

    Ana Paula Machado Velho

  3. Federal University of Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Vinicius Durval Dorne

  4. Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, Gama–UnB and Science and Health Technologies Graduate Program, Ceilandia, Brazil

    Diana Maria Gallicchio Domingues

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Lucena, T.F.R., Velho, A.P.M., Dorne, V.D., Domingues, D.M.G. (2018). Devising Mobile Apps: Participatory Design for Endemic Diseases Transmitted by the Mosquito Aedes (Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya). In: Schleser, M., Berry, M. (eds) Mobile Story Making in an Age of Smartphones. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76795-6_14

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