Bridging the information gap: Collaborative technology design with low-income at-risk families to engender healthy behaviors

Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group - Design: Open 24/7, OZCHI '09

Volumn 411, Issue , 2009, Pages 89-96

  Siek, Katie A ^a   LaMarche, Jeffrey S ^a   Maitland, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community based participatory design; Design workshops; Health behaviors; Low income caregivers; Underserved; Wellness informatics

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE SYSTEM; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; COLLABORATIVE TECHNOLOGIES; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY DESIGN; DESIGN IMPLICATIONS; DESIGN WORKSHOPS; INFORMATICS; INFORMATION GAP; PARTICIPATORY DESIGN;

DESIGN; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 77952986175     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1738826.1738841     Document Type: Conference Paper

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