From expert-driven to user-oriented communication of infection control guidelines

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 328-343

  Verhoeven, Fenne ^a   Steehouder, Michaël F ^a   Hendrix, Ron M G ^b   Van Gemert Pijnen, Julia E W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Public Health   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Infectious diseases; Usability; User centered design

Indexed keywords

ACTION-ORIENTATION; CARD SORT; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; DESIGN PROCESS; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFORMATION NEED; MULTI-MODALITY; NAVIGATION STRUCTURES; POOR INFORMATION; QUALITY OF INFORMATION; STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS; STRUCTURED INFORMATION; THINK ALOUD; THINKING ALOUD; USABILITY PROBLEMS; USER CENTERED DESIGNS; USER ORIENTED; USER-CENTERED DESIGN PROCESS;

DESIGN; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; NAVIGATION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

EID: 77950521502     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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