Walking InterviewsCS 377T (Behavior Design for better Health)

Nishant Jacob

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

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

Santosh Chhiber

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

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

Gursharan Das

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

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

Jacob Mathew