Anathema

Longitudinal UX testing of the Anathema app has begun. For circa one week, participants over 55 years of age in Portugal and in the Netherlands will be interacting with app at their own pace. Participants’ feedback will allow the consortium to understand whether the app is useful and easy to use, as well as which […]

Diogo Coutinho successfully defended his MSc thesis in Service Engineering and Management at the University of Porto with a high grade. Diogo contributed to Anathema by helping to understand how to appropriately conduct user research around stigmatising topics and with vulnerable populations. Furthermore, the work also helped identify relevant aspects for the delivery of Anathema […]

Anathema participated in the 11th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII) with a communication about the findings from the first online survey launched in the Netherlands. The communication entitled “Older adults’ acceptability of smartphone-based sexual health promotion programs” received a best poster award. You can read the poster in […]

KBO hosted Anathema’s latest General Assembly meeting in the beautiful city of Utrecht. During the two-day meeting, on September 1-2, we looked at our project’s health and used the time for hands-on work around details to improve in the mobile app, details of the pilot studies which will be starting later this year and all […]

Anathema will be presented in two important venues. On September 19-21, we will be in Pittsburgh, USA, to take part in the 11th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII) showcasing Anathema’s app in a live demonstration, as well as presenting a poster entitled ‘Older adults’ acceptability of a smartphone-based […]

Our student, Diogo Moutinho, is holding workshops with Portuguese older adults from COLABORAR to explore functionalities of Anathema, as well as customer journey aspects. These will help to inform the customer service. With the workshops, Diogo is also testing how to address taboo topics in older adult groups.

A new initiative by ILGA Portugal and FOXLife, the ABCLGBTQIA+ Project, is bringing the definition of 37 terms close to as many people as possible, so that all can be informed about aspects such as gender expression, polyamory, outing, legal sex, gender affirmation, etc. The content is so far available in Europea portuguese and in […]

KBO Partners have been interviewed for the ZonMw online magazine. Nora and Jan talk about their work in developing digital technologies and services with and for older adults. The article highlights project Anathema and how relevant it is to address current pressing needs amongst older demographics. Take a look at the full article on this […]

Cristina Mendes Santos, Co-PI of project Anathema and a senior researcher at Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS, participated in a podcast by the Portuguese association of Psychologists. Cristina described project Anathema and provided examples of how digital technology can assist psychologists and patients. You can listed to it using this link (Portuguese only): https://anchor.fm/istoepsicologia/episodes/Ep-20—Os-meios-digitais-ao-servio-da-Psicologia-e1haopb

In the beginning of April 2022, we launched a value proposition survey for secondary users, which is available in English, German, Portuguese and Dutch. If you are a psychology professional, consider filling in this anonymous questionnaire which takes less than 10 minutes to complete. You will be helping us understand if Anathema has a viable […]