Diverse disciplines, including Human-Computer Interaction have explored how mobile health (mHealth) applications can transform healthcare and promotion. Increasingly, research has mHealth tools promote healthy behaviors within vulnerable populations-groups that disproportionately experience barriers to wellness. We conducted a systematic review of 83 papers from diverse disciplines characterize the design impact in low-socioeconomic (low-SES) racial/ethnic minority individuals. Our findings...

The social stigma looming over disclosures of sexual violence discourages many women from publicly sharing their stories, limiting ability to seek support and obscuring the epidemic against women. By inviting share ordinarily silenced hashtag #MeToo surfaced a network survivors confront this stigma. Through mixed-methods analysis 1.8 million tweets posted during first two weeks after gained widespread popularity in 2017, we map landscape that emerged disentangle effects network-level...

The social stigma looming over disclosures of sexual violence discourages many women from publicly sharing their stories, limiting ability to seek support and obscuring the epidemic against women. By inviting share ordinarily silenced hashtag #MeToo surfaced a network survivors confront this stigma. Through mixed-methods analysis 1.5 million tweets posted during first two weeks after gained widespread popularity in 2017, we map landscape that emerged disentangle effects network-level...

Culturally informed design for virtual agents has been shown to positively impact health outcomes when tailored target audiences. We present a participatory methodology culturally tailoring agents. Investigators worked with key informants from our population, members of predominantly Black church communities, culturally-relevant and sensitive agent promotion interventions. In the first session, designed assist them different aspects their lives, providing input on appearance functionality....

Churches have historically played an important role in Black American communities, catalyzing the pursuit of aims such as social justice, community organization, and health promotion. However, researchers rarely examined how technology can support assets-based approach to these efforts, nor implications race, traditions, history when creating systems. Addressing this gap, we conducted research with two predominantly churches explore promotion design opportunities. We used photovoice, a...

Background: In recent years, people who sought direct-to-consumer genetic testing services have been increasingly confronted with an unprecedented amount of personal genomic information, which influences their decisions, emotional state, and well-being. However, these users services, vary in education interests, frequently little relevant experience or tools for understanding, reasoning about, interacting data. Online interactive techniques can play a central role making data useful users.

Many decisions about social, economic, and personal life are heavily data-driven. At the same time, data has become increasingly quantified, available to people institutions in positions of power, often with little introspection or reflection on its positive uses harmful misuses. This panel will inspect CSCW's role identifying constructive appropriate responsibility for protecting against harms inequalities perpetuated by misuse. The present a series debates quantification data,...

Churches play a major role in providing social support to address health inequities within Black communities, part by connecting members key organizations and services. While public has history of disseminating interventions faith little work explored the use crowdsourcing tailor unique culture each church community. Following Community Based Participatory Research principles, we partnered with two predominantly churches, report on series three participatory design sessions nine...

Caregivers of persons with dementia (PWD) experience higher rates stress, social isolation, and poor mental physical health compared to non-caregiving populations. There is a vital need for engaging, sustainable, scalable resources support social, physical, emotional wellbeing amongst caregivers PWD. To explore this open design space, we designed conducted 6-week mixed-method evaluation Go&Grow, pervasive exergame in which flowers grow as users increase activity interact other Our...

The number of informal caregivers for family members with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is rising dramatically in the United States. AD disproportionately experience numerous health problems and are often isolated little support. An active lifestyle can help prevent mitigate physical psychological concerns amongst caregivers. Research has demonstrated how pervasive exergames encourage activity (PA) general population, yet work explored these tools address significant PA barriers that face. To...

Many countries are confronted with aging societies. With the increasing need for elder care, it is necessary to investigate how technology can support in place. In this paper, we propose an ambient smart calendar system that supports self-sufficiency and activeness of older adults. We report results a survey adults on their use physical digital calendars. Based results, developed Caloo (Calendar opportunities) - prototypical wall which users by generating awareness about daily schedules as...

The increase in the availability of personal genomic data to lay consumers using online services poses a challenge HCI researchers: such are complex and sensitive, involve multiple dimensions uncertainty, can have substantial implications for individuals' well-being. Personal also unique because unlike other data, which constantly change, largely stable during person's lifetime; it is their interpretation that change over time as new medical research exposes relationships between genes...

The world's population is aging, and this shift in demographics will place a high burden on the healthcare systems. Smart technology provides potential method of addressing demands these changing demographics. In paper, we describe design for smart calendar that supports elderly people their daily tasks activities with use ambient notifications. We typical day life target user, how system would support user living self-sufficiently as she ages. then discuss challenges implementing persuasive...

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The number of informal caregivers for family members with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is rising dramatically in the United States. AD disproportionately experience numerous health problems and are often isolated little support. An active lifestyle can help prevent mitigate physical psychological concerns amongst caregivers. Research has demonstrated how pervasive exergames encourage activity (PA) general population, yet work explored these tools address significant PA barriers that face. To...

Abstract Dementia caregivers are at risk for poor health outcomes due to high stress and little time health-promoting behaviors. The current study examined whether Go&Grow, an exergame (digital game in which play involved real-world physical activity), could increase caregivers’ activity social contact reduce their stress. Go&Grow allows participants grow flowers virtually as they activity. Participants can also interact with others on Go&Grow. was piloted 18 dementia (ages...