Health Stories
Examples
In addition to the app, we have been working on creating exemplary videos and stories that demonstrate the kind of content that our app will provide. One key aspect of our strategy to promote and grow our app is the production of high quality content based on the stories we collect. To this end we are working with various organizations through which we hope to connect with a larger audience. In this section, we present some of the stories we have already compiled, in addition to a video demonstrating our app's capabilities.
Patient Story: Leon
Tags: Heart Disease, Lifestyle, Organ Donation, Heart Transplant
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Leon shares his experience with heart disease and the challenges he faced while in the hospital. His story highlights the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle, in addition to demonstrating the life changing effect organ donors have on those they support.
Patient Story: One Beat at a Time
Tags: Congenital Heart Disease, dextrocardia, medication, organ donation, transplantation
Edgar was born with a congenital anomaly of his heart. He received a heart transplant and he struggled through rejection of the new heart. He spent most of his life inside hospitals. He is now waiting for a second chance with another transplant. He emphasizes the importance of taking medications as recommended. Edgar's story educates about the struggles of growing with heart disease and transplantation and teaches about the importance of being compliant with medical therapies. His story also highlights the need for life-saving organ donors and encourages people to register to donate.
Tags: Diet, Prevention, Lifestyle
Advice: The Importance of a Healthy Lifestyle
UCSD Professor Choi tells his mother's story and explains the importance of fitness and exercise as part of a healthy lifestyle. He also presents his belief that we need to be more focused on health education, especially for young students. His story encourages people to support their family and friends in leading a healthy lifestyle, in addition to illustrating some key ways in which people can improve their lifestyles.
Health Stories
A demonstration of the app and its features including reading, sharing, and browsing stories, profile information, commenting, voting, discussion, and connection to external educational information.