Cs377t Walking Interviews (nishant jacob)
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The document describes the walking routines of three individuals: an 82-year-old woman who walks for 40 minutes daily around her block to socialize with neighbors, an 80-year-old man who walks for 60 minutes evenings as a way to stay healthy and reflect on his day, and a 52-year-old man who walks his two dogs for 60 minutes evenings around a lake to unwind from work and see the sunset.
Cs377t Walking Interviews (nishant jacob)
- 1. Walking Interviews CS 377T (Behavior Design for better Health) Nishant Jacob
- 2. Santosh Chhiber What walking does she do? - 82 year old women - Walks 40 min a day - Walks around her block (residential neighbourhood) Why does she walk? - Walking as opportunity to talk to neighbours - Walks in the afternoon when the neighbours are on their porch's How did she start walking? - Started walking with her dog but got too big to handle - Then realized that the neighbours would sit out on their porch's - Found it fun to chat with them as she walked around the block - Build a habit around going out for a walk to meet up with them - After she gave the dog away - continued the behavior
- 3. Santosh Chhiber Insights: - Walking as a social experience - Time to interact with the neighbours - Designed to intersect w/t neighbours being outside - Doesn't walk the entire time - intersperses walking with talking - Used to be a functional behavior (dog walking) - Now a social + enjoyable behavior - talking to friends
- 4. Gursharan Das What walking does he do? - 80 year old man - walks 60 min a day - walks in the evenings Why does he walk? - to stay healthy - time to reflect on his day - form of mindfulness How did he start walking - started as an activity he would do before dinner to build his appetite - used it as a way to build rhythm into his evenings - he never misses a walking session - always walks at the same time of day
- 5. Gursharan Das Insights: - consistency is key - picked a calm, pleasant time of day that would aid reflection - made walking functional - helped build his appetite before dinner
- 6. Jacob Mathew What walking does he do? - 52 year old man - walks 60 min a day - Walks around the lake near his house - Walks in the evening so he can see the sunset - Walks 2 dogs Why does he walk? - way to unwind after office - dogs get exercise - gets to the see the sunset by the lake How did he start walking? - would take the dogs out right after he got home from office - the dogs got used to the routine - when he parked his car after office they would beg for a walk
- 7. Jacob Mathew Insights: - he trained the dogs, then they trained him - the dogs became a trigger that's hard to avoid - coupled walking with a pleasant activity - looking at the sunset - associates it with stress relief after office