Linda Fogg Phillips*, Facebook for Educators, Palo Alto, United States Track: Practice Presentation Topic: Participatory health care Presentation Type: Oral presentation Submission Type: Single Presentation Building: LKSC Conference Center Stanford Room: Paul Berg Auditorium Date: 2011-09-17 04:30 PM – 06:00 PM Last modified: 2011-08-12

If you are the presenter of this abstract (or if you cite this abstract in a talk or on a poster), please show the QR code in your slide or poster (QR code contains this URL).

Because our context strongly affects our behavior, I advocate focusing on households, above all else, in health interventions. Changing one's living environment, including support from family members, seems vital for lasting change in individuals. As health innovators, we have a long ways to go to make home the heart of health. My 2011 database of tools and techniques shows relatively few solutions for improving health at a household level. I outline guidelines for successful design.