Title :
Designing mobile snack application for low socioeconomic status families
Author :
Khan, Danish U. ; Ananthanarayan, Swamy ; Le, An T. ; Schaefbauer, Christopher L. ; Siek, Katie A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
We developed four mobile phone prototype applications informed by theoretical models of behavior change to improve the snacking habits of low socioeconomic status (SES) families. Eight primary caregivers and 18 secondary caregivers from low SES backgrounds used the applications to evaluate their usability and usefulness. We found a schism between primary and secondary caregivers regarding whether the applications should be based on games, indicating a need to reconcile these differences to develop a system to support healthy family snacking. In addition, social context, understandable health abstractions, and sensitivity to health values are all important considerations when creating applications in a low SES context. This research contributes design implications for future applications intended to improve snacking habits in low SES families.
Keywords :
computer games; health care; mobile computing; socio-economic effects; health values; healthy family snacking; low SES backgrounds; low socioeconomic status families; mobile phone prototype applications; mobile snack application design; primary caregivers; secondary caregivers; snacking habits; social context; understandable health abstractions; usability evaluation; usefulness evaluation; History; Maintenance engineering; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth), 2012 6th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1483-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-936968-43-5