Module 8: Collaboration Café:
Describe the selected app, software, or technology that you
selected and explain the levels of prevention that are
addressed through the system.
The MyFitnessPal app is a great and free resource app for the population to
use that can help with tracking physical activity, nutrition, weight goals, and
overall physical health.
Primary Prevention: this app encourages the users to track their diet intake
and includes their macro information to show how much sodium, protein,
fats, etc. are in their everyday diets to make them more aware of what is
being put in their bodies. It also encourages daily activities and logging
those whether that be running, weightlifting, yoga, Pilates, or other sports
activities. This can help to prevent chronic diseases that have associations
with unhealthy lifestyles.
Secondary Prevention: the app also includes a metric tracking system from
the time you begin using the app and entering your information including
height, weight, BMI, and body type and continue to track as you input over
time. This can include a timeline of weight fluctuation and if diet and
exercise that is also being logged is a contributing factor and empowers the
user to identify if they have any signs or symptoms of issues in their health
and taking proactive measures to ensure their overall wellbeing.
Tertiary Prevention: for users that are managing chronic conditions the
app supports a variety of options to assist in tracking goals in weight or
diet, progress tracking, reminders for goals as well as medication
reminders and appointments if they are properly placed in the app.
To what extent does the app, software, or technology
consider variation in individuals' levels of health literacy?
What measures are in to address ethical considerations?
Health literacy: the MyFitnessPal app is incredibly user friendly and easy to
navigate, if you have issues within the app or do not understand for
example what macros are or why they are important that app gives
information bubbles and explanations on why a certain macro is important
with our diet and how it can help or hurt us over time. It provides easy to
understand explanations and recommendations for exercise routines.
Ethical considerations: Though a fitness app that is here to help with goals
such as weight loss the app prioritizes overall health such as if you are
trying to loss an extensive amount of weight and try to cut your calories to
an unhealthy limit the app will explain to you why that is unhealthy and
suggest foods to eat that are healthy in your diet that can assist in your
weight loss goals without risking losing the vitamins and nutrition that our
bodies need to sustain everyday life. Users also
Describe the selected app, software, or technology that you
selected and explain the levels of prevention that are
addressed through the system.
The MyFitnessPal app is a great and free resource app for the population to
use that can help with tracking physical activity, nutrition, weight goals, and
overall physical health.
Primary Prevention: this app encourages the users to track their diet intake
and includes their macro information to show how much sodium, protein,
fats, etc. are in their everyday diets to make them more aware of what is
being put in their bodies. It also encourages daily activities and logging
those whether that be running, weightlifting, yoga, Pilates, or other sports
activities. This can help to prevent chronic diseases that have associations
with unhealthy lifestyles.
Secondary Prevention: the app also includes a metric tracking system from
the time you begin using the app and entering your information including
height, weight, BMI, and body type and continue to track as you input over
time. This can include a timeline of weight fluctuation and if diet and
exercise that is also being logged is a contributing factor and empowers the
user to identify if they have any signs or symptoms of issues in their health
and taking proactive measures to ensure their overall wellbeing.
Tertiary Prevention: for users that are managing chronic conditions the
app supports a variety of options to assist in tracking goals in weight or
diet, progress tracking, reminders for goals as well as medication
reminders and appointments if they are properly placed in the app.
To what extent does the app, software, or technology
consider variation in individuals' levels of health literacy?
What measures are in to address ethical considerations?
Health literacy: the MyFitnessPal app is incredibly user friendly and easy to
navigate, if you have issues within the app or do not understand for
example what macros are or why they are important that app gives
information bubbles and explanations on why a certain macro is important
with our diet and how it can help or hurt us over time. It provides easy to
understand explanations and recommendations for exercise routines.
Ethical considerations: Though a fitness app that is here to help with goals
such as weight loss the app prioritizes overall health such as if you are
trying to loss an extensive amount of weight and try to cut your calories to
an unhealthy limit the app will explain to you why that is unhealthy and
suggest foods to eat that are healthy in your diet that can assist in your
weight loss goals without risking losing the vitamins and nutrition that our
bodies need to sustain everyday life. Users also
