6th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

Research Article

Towards Designing Health Monitoring Interfaces for Low Socioeconomic Status Families

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2012.248693,
        author={Danish Khan and Katie Siek and Swamy Ananthanarayan},
        title={Towards Designing Health Monitoring Interfaces for Low Socioeconomic Status Families},
        proceedings={6th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH},
        year={2012},
        month={7},
        keywords={low socioeconomic status populations health visualizations technology platforms health monitoring},
        doi={10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2012.248693}
    }
    
  • Danish Khan
    Katie Siek
    Swamy Ananthanarayan
    Year: 2012
    Towards Designing Health Monitoring Interfaces for Low Socioeconomic Status Families
    PERVASIVEHEALTH
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2012.248693
Danish Khan1,*, Katie Siek1, Swamy Ananthanarayan1
  • 1: University of Colorado Boulder
*Contact email: khand@colorado.edu

Abstract

We conducted a study with eight low socioeconomic status caregivers, the “gatekeepers” to family and community health, to explore their technology perceptions and visualizations that can assist them in managing their families’ health. We studied how to visualize the everyday health habits of a population that is at risk for chronic illness. Through semi-structured interviews and prototype design activities, we found that the caregivers wanted to use mobile technology to monitor a subset of their family members for at least one health metric. We inform future work with an analysis of the target population’s needs in relation to longitudinal health visualizations with multiple family member data streams.