Research Article
Designing for Positive Health Affect: Decoupling Negative Emotion and Health Monitoring Technologies
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2013.252116, author={Tammy Toscos and Kay Connelly}, title={Designing for Positive Health Affect: Decoupling Negative Emotion and Health Monitoring Technologies}, proceedings={7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH}, year={2013}, month={5}, keywords={theory design health monitoring technology understanding users user experience}, doi={10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2013.252116} }- Tammy Toscos
Kay Connelly
Year: 2013
Designing for Positive Health Affect: Decoupling Negative Emotion and Health Monitoring Technologies
PERVASIVEHEALTH
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2013.252116
Abstract
Through various health-focused technology projects, we discovered that the emotional response to technology was related to uptake and sustained use of health monitoring technologies. In this paper we present a case study of how we synthesized constructs of social cognitive theory, technology as experience, and diabetes management guidelines as a framework for making design recommendations for blood glucose monitoring technology that address the emotional response of users. We suggest applying this theoretical lens for design may help attend to emotional responses of users in an effort to decouple strong negative emotions that are paired to health monitoring technologies that provide a single value health result.
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