Hackathon as a way to raise awareness and foster innovation for stroke
ABSTRACT The ‘Time is Brain” concept has been a major focus in the World Stroke Awareness Campaign. Objective We describe our experience with a Hackathon (junction of hack+marathon), a 24 hour event of innovation- and technology-based project development, focused around detecting stroke. Method...
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Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
2015-12-01
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| description | ABSTRACT The ‘Time is Brain” concept has been a major focus in the World Stroke Awareness Campaign. Objective We describe our experience with a Hackathon (junction of hack+marathon), a 24 hour event of innovation- and technology-based project development, focused around detecting stroke. Method The Hackathon was held during a Brazilian Student’s union (BRASA) congress involving students from engineering and other technological disciplines. Results Four teamscompleted the 24-hour challenge; two teams opted the stroke challenge. One team proposed improving detection using a mobile sensor Fit-Bit combined with a smart-phone to contact emergency dispatch. The other team developed a game, in which kids would play a role as a neurologist; to diagnosis stroke with objective to increase awareness. Conclusion Hackathons can focus attention on innovation and improvement opportunities to support the World Stroke Campaign, as well as other campaigns to raise awareness for other health or social problems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d8322dcc86d747e9b0a8c76120a2c88e2022-12-21T18:11:15ZengAcademia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272015-12-0173121002100410.1590/0004-282X20150177S0004-282X2015001201002Hackathon as a way to raise awareness and foster innovation for strokeLi Min LiSharon JohnsonABSTRACT The ‘Time is Brain” concept has been a major focus in the World Stroke Awareness Campaign. Objective We describe our experience with a Hackathon (junction of hack+marathon), a 24 hour event of innovation- and technology-based project development, focused around detecting stroke. Method The Hackathon was held during a Brazilian Student’s union (BRASA) congress involving students from engineering and other technological disciplines. Results Four teamscompleted the 24-hour challenge; two teams opted the stroke challenge. One team proposed improving detection using a mobile sensor Fit-Bit combined with a smart-phone to contact emergency dispatch. The other team developed a game, in which kids would play a role as a neurologist; to diagnosis stroke with objective to increase awareness. Conclusion Hackathons can focus attention on innovation and improvement opportunities to support the World Stroke Campaign, as well as other campaigns to raise awareness for other health or social problems.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2015001201002&lng=en&tlng=enAVCinovaçãohackathoncampanha de conscientização |
| spellingShingle | Li Min Li Sharon Johnson Hackathon as a way to raise awareness and foster innovation for stroke Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria AVC inovação hackathon campanha de conscientização |
| title | Hackathon as a way to raise awareness and foster innovation for stroke |
| title_full | Hackathon as a way to raise awareness and foster innovation for stroke |
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| topic | AVC inovação hackathon campanha de conscientização |
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