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    Katherine Hlavac is proposing a senior project to address the needs of people who live with chronic illnesses, especially children, adolescents, and young adults who must cope with chronic conditions while trying to lead normal lives. Nearly half of all people have a chronic condition, including cancer survivors and those with conditions like diabetes or back pain from accidents. People with chronic illnesses experience high divorce rates and physical pain is a major factor in many suicides, especially among young people. While support groups can help, people are often left on their own after diagnosis without instructions. The proposal aims to create a coping system and resources to help chronically ill individuals continue their lives while managing their healthcare, gain knowledge and support from others in their condition, and

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    Katherine Hlavac is proposing a senior project to address the needs of people who live with chronic illnesses, especially children, adolescents, and young adults who must cope with chronic conditions while trying to lead normal lives. Nearly half of all people have a chronic condition, including cancer survivors and those with conditions like diabetes or back pain from accidents. People with chronic illnesses experience high divorce rates and physical pain is a major factor in many suicides, especially among young people. While support groups can help, people are often left on their own after diagnosis without instructions. The proposal aims to create a coping system and resources to help chronically ill individuals continue their lives while managing their healthcare, gain knowledge and support from others in their condition, and

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    Senior Project Proposal: Katherine Hlavac Spring 2011

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    Katherine Hlavac is proposing a senior project to address the needs of people who live with chronic illnesses, especially children, adolescents, and young adults who must cope with chronic conditions while trying to lead normal lives. Nearly half of all people have a chronic condition, including cancer survivors and those with conditions like diabetes or back pain from accidents. People with chronic illnesses experience high divorce rates and physical pain is a major factor in many suicides, especially among young people. While support groups can help, people are often left on their own after diagnosis without instructions. The proposal aims to create a coping system and resources to help chronically ill individuals continue their lives while managing their healthcare, gain knowledge and support from others in their condition, and

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    Senior project proposal

    Katherine Hlavac
    Spring 2011
    Subject of study

    The millions of people worldwide that will undergo


    treatment for or live with a chronic condition and
    more specifically the growing number of children,
    adolescents, and young adults that will have to cope
    with this while trying to lead normal lives.
    Why should this be addressed?
    Nearly 1 in 2 people have a chronic condition. This
    could be an illness like cancer or rheumatoid
    arthritis, or a condition such as diabetes, migraines
    or back pain from a car accident.

    http://invisibleillnessweek.com/media-toolkit/statistics/
    9 million people are cancer
    survivors with various side
    effects from treatment
    who may feel as though
    they have a chronic
    condition. (American
    Cancer Society)
    The divorce rate among the chronically ill is
    over 75 percent. *
    *National Health Interview Survey
    Various studies have reported that physical illness
    or uncontrollable physical pain are major factors in
    up to 70% of suicides, and more than 50% of these
    suicidal patients were under 35 years of age.

    Michalon M: La psychiatrie de consultation-liaison: une etude prospective en milieu hospitalier general. Can J
    Psychiatry (In French) 38:168-174,1993
    Sometimes all that is needed is understanding and
    help from others going through the same thing.
    After a diagnosis a patient is left on their own
    with no instructions on what they should do.
    We get information for everything else.
    Why not for our wellness.
    I am not looking to cure a disease I am
    creating a coping system. A first step. Finding
    a way to let chronically ill reach out for help
    and feel less alone.
    • How can X continue their life while successfully treating/watching their
    illness?

    • How can X take charge of their healthcare, treatment and recovery?

    • How can resources relating to their healthcare become unlimited to x?

    • How can the solution supplement the role of doctor, parent, caregiver, or
    physiologist?
    • How can X gain knowledge about their treatment/condition?

    • How can X become part of a community and gain support?

    • How can X’s questions be answered?

    • How can others be aware of X’s condition or stage in treatment?

    • How can the solution help X gain independence?

    • How can the solution be seamlessly blended into X’s life?


    Many of the people affected with chronic illness are
    the elderly who are a lot less active and busy with
    fewer responsibilities.
    Gap
    Found gap in addressing the healthcare
    needs for the young and active.
    Age
    Concentrating primarily on ages in which you are
    most active. This includes children, teens, young
    adults, and working adults.
    Clean
    Fresh
    Trustworthy
    Honest
    Official
    Medical
    Modern
    Representative of the 3
    levels of connection
    I will continue by gathering information from the
    people who are living with chronic illness to gain a
    first had perspective.

    Use this to create personas and fuel my ideation


    process.
    Most of all I will continue to use peoples
    feedback to shape my design in order to save
    lives.
    Connect

    Share

    LIVE Integrate

    Know

    Inform
    Thank you

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