Having a previous poll five years ago has been good because it's given us something to compare results against. There were some notable differences between this year's poll and 2014's, both in terms of popularity of individual items and the things people wanted the CPN to do. Gratifyingly this was mostly because we'd heeded people's advice and tackled many of the things people had wanted before. Popular choices this year included repeating the critical physiotherapy course and setting up a discussion forum. The Exec will look at all of these suggestions in the coming months. Here is breakdown of the findings. If you'd like a copy of the full results, email me at … [Read more...] about 30 Days of September summary results
Michael Rowe – Quantifying the body – 30 DoS #1
In this post CPN Executive member Michael Rowe describes how Quantifying the body: Monitoring and measuring health in the age of mHealth technologies by Deborah Lupton influenced him. Spanish translation kindly provided by CPN Exec member Alma Viviana Silva. Mobile apps and wearable technologies are increasingly being used in medical and health related contexts and provide us with new and interesting ways of representing and visualising the body. These new products are generally presented in a very positive light with little critical thought given to the broader implications of widespread gathering of biometric data on individuals. This paper presents an alternative point of view … [Read more...] about Michael Rowe – Quantifying the body – 30 DoS #1