User-centered development of a smart phone mobile application delivering personalized real-time advice on sun protection

Translational Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 326-334

  Buller, David B ^a   Berwick, Marianne ^b   Shane, James ^a   Kane, Ilima ^a   Lantz, Kathleen ^c   Buller, Mary Klein ^a  

^a KLEIN BUENDEL INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Formative research; Smart phones; Sun safety; Usability testing; User centered design

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SUNBURN; TEXT MESSAGING; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84884139298     PISSN: 18696716     EISSN: 16139860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13142-013-0208-1     Document Type: Article

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