Digital Citizenship

Wednesday 9 December 2015

Digital Health and Wellbeing


Digital health and well being can be divided into two categories. which are physical and psychological.

Physical Issues will entail
  • Ergonomics - this are the science of designing product and environments with specifications that fits the use thereof. An example will be a chair that allow people to sit comfortable, because people who spends most of their time seating are at risk of developing diseases associated with their position of sitting.
  • Repetitive Strain Injury(RSI) - It develops after a long injury and it has the potential to damage a particular group of muscles.
  • Eye Strain - It usually affect one area of the eye. there are to types of strain, which are computer vision syndrome and digital eye strain.
  • Obesity - obesity is caused by what we eat and lack of activities.
Psychological Issues

  • addiction - Is one of the serious psychological problem that people experience, people who are addicted to technology are seldom able to perform other duties as they are constantly glued to their gadgets.
  • Cyber Stalking & Cyber Bullying - Cyber stalking is as bad as cyber bullying, where people use technology to stalk, harass and threaten other people.

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