Abstract
At present it is imperative to pay attention to social and inclusive causes that foster a more just society. Within the 17 Sustainable Development Goals set by the UN there is an exclusive one for well-being and health, therefore, this project seeks to raise awareness about the diseases of the last century like cancer that continue to progress and grow due to various factors, including our style of life. In the present investigation there are two main problems about long stays in hospitals and how they directly affect the emotional state of pediatric cancer patients due to their vulnerability at the psychological level. On the other side we hope as well to help to raise awareness in people and raise funds for treatments. There is currently a trend known as healing environments, which helped detect the area of opportunity between the hospital environment and design for children. For this project it was decided to find a balance between the psychological and physiological needs of the patient, through the intervention of the environment being these spaces or products. In the other side side we tried to worked with the Alliance Anticáncer Infantil which is a shelter where children and young people from 0-21 years are supported. With the foregoing, we designed products that help raise funds for childhood cancer, through the use of emotional design.
Presenters
Mariana Berenice Alvarado de la RosaAssociate Professor, Industrial Design Department, Universidad de Monterrey, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico Pamela Sanchez
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
KEYWORDS
Wellbeing, Children, Cancer, Inclusive, Emotional, Design, Health, Society
