Designing a Mobile Health Tool for  Preterm Infant Wellness

Karen Tang; Sen Hirano; Karen Cheng; Gillian Hayes

Research Article

Designing a Mobile Health Tool for Preterm Infant Wellness

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2012.248717,
    author={Karen Tang and Sen Hirano and Karen Cheng and Gillian Hayes},
    title={Designing a Mobile Health Tool for  Preterm Infant Wellness},
    proceedings={Wellness Interventions and HCI},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={WIHCI},
    year={2012},
    month={7},
    keywords={preterm infants prematurity health informatics infant wellness pediatric informatics mobile wellness tool},
    doi={10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2012.248717}
}

Karen Tang
Sen Hirano
Karen Cheng
Gillian Hayes
Year: 2012
Designing a Mobile Health Tool for Preterm Infant Wellness
WIHCI
IEEE
DOI: 10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2012.248717

Karen Tang¹^,*, Sen Hirano¹, Karen Cheng¹, Gillian Hayes¹

1: University of California, Irvine

*Contact email: kptang@ics.uci.edu

Abstract

Preterm infants have significantly higher rates of functional limitations and are at risk for delays in cognitive, motor, and other skills. In this paper, we present the results of a qualitative design study to understand the needs of these families and their professional caregivers. These findings informed the design of Estrellita, a mobile wellness tool to support caregivers of preterm infants. We discuss several features of Estrellita that are designed to encourage flexible and consistent data monitoring. We also discuss our strategy for evaluating Estrellita in a long-term deployment study.

Keywords: preterm infants prematurity health informatics infant wellness pediatric informatics mobile wellness tool

Published: 2012-07-03
Publisher: IEEE

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2012.248717