• 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