An empirical investigation of users’ willingness to disclose personal health information in the context of wearable fitness devices

Presenter Information

M A Shariful Amin, University of North TexasFollow
Abhijeet Kumar, University of North TexasFollow
Vess L. Johnson, University of North TexasFollow
Victor R. Prybutok, University of North TexasFollow

Paper Type

ERF

Paper Number

1151

Description

Wearable fitness device (WFD) has the capability to promote individuals’ healthy lifestyles because of real-time data monitoring capabilities. However, fitness device usability is a critical factor that determines whether users will be willing to disclose personal or health-related information on a large scale. The usability studies on WFDs are still limited in information systems (IS) literature. Therefore, this study investigates individuals’ willingness to disclose personal health information to use WFDs, in the light of the theory of planned behaviour and the health beliefs model. This study will help to “develop” a new perspective and a deeper understanding of factors influencing disclosing personal health information to use WFDs. Research data will be collected from M-Turk and the target population will be aged 18+ (years of age) and have experience in using WFDs. The results of this study will have significant implications for both IS researchers and IT managers. Keywords: Wearable fitness devices (WFDs), Personal health information (PHI), Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), Health Belief Model (HBM).

Comments

SIG Health

Recommended Citation

Amin, M A Shariful; Kumar, Abhijeet; Johnson, Vess L.; and Prybutok, Victor R., "An empirical investigation of users’ willingness to disclose personal health information in the context of wearable fitness devices" (2022). AMCIS 2022 Proceedings. 9.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2022/sig_health/sig_health/9