LifeGuide

The LifeGuide research programme is a multidisciplinary initiative led by Professor Lucy Yardley (Psychology) , Dr Mark Weal (Computer Science) and Dr Leanne Morrison (Psychology and Primary Care) at the University of Southampton.

LifeGuide offers a unique set of open source software tools, that allowed intervention designers with no experience of programming to create interactive web-based interventions to support healthy behaviour.

Using this software platform, they have been developing and successfully trialling numerous interventions for PC, tablet and smart phone, including:

• Public health interventions:
  • Weight management
  • Physical activity support
  • Hand hygiene
  • Smoking cessation
• Illness management interventions:
  
  • Hypertension
  • Diabetes
  • Cancer
  • Cognitive impairment in older people
  • Back pain
  • Dizziness
  • Fatigue
  • Mental health
  • Stroke
  • Respiratory conditions
  • Eczema
  • Irritable bowel

  You can find out more about this project by visiting LifeGuideOnline.org