DocumentCode
46620
Title
Designing for Engaging Experiences in Mobile Social-Health Support Systems
Author
Baumer, E.P.S. ; Khovanskaya, V. ; Adams, P. ; Pollak, J.P. ; Voida, S. ; Gay, Geri
Volume
12
Issue
3
fYear
2013
fDate
July-Sept. 2013
Firstpage
32
Lastpage
39
Abstract
How do you design for sustained engagement in the context of supporting or encouraging health and well-being? Two studies of a mobile social-health application reveal how different aspects of the sociotechnical design affect user engagement with the system.
Keywords
health care; medical computing; mobile computing; user interfaces; virtual reality; VERA application; mobile social-health application; mobile social-health support system; sociotechnical design; user engagement; virtual environment for raised awareness; well-being support; Biomedical monitoring; Context awareness; Medical services; Medical treatment; Mobile communication; Ubiquitous computing; User interfaces; Wireless networks; HCI; healthcare; information interfaces and representation; mobile applications; pervasive computing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Pervasive Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1536-1268
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MPRV.2013.47
Filename
6562704
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