maXi works with design of information services supporting diabetics? self-regulation in their everyday life. The overall research aim is to get knowledge on barriers and possibilities of delivering digital health services. The project works i) with developing end testing digital community services for diabetics in a 'living lab' in Skagen in Denmark and ii) to understand community related barriers important to diabetics self-regulation and quality of life and the possibilities and problems related to the e-support of such barriers. The project is organized as a co-operation between researchers from Aalborg University (from the Department of Communication, the Department of Development and Planning and the Department of Health Science and Technology), diabetics and their families (12 families participating actively in the development and test of digital services), physicians, patient organizations, medico industry and software enterprises. The Project is sponsored by the Danish Enterprise and Construction Authority.

Karen is 7 years old, and she has been a diabetic for only three months. She lives in Randers with her father, her mother and her older brother Kasper, who is 10. She is now on a vacation with her family in a relatively remote tourist- and fishing town Skagen. ... Read more about the scenario.

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