Investigating issues related to pediatric diabetes education: problems and barriers

Damyanka Tsvyatkova; Cristiano Storni

8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

Research Article

Investigating issues related to pediatric diabetes education: problems and barriers

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.254935,
    author={Damyanka Tsvyatkova and Cristiano Storni},
    title={Investigating issues related to pediatric diabetes education: problems and barriers},
    proceedings={8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare},
    publisher={ICST},
    proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH},
    year={2014},
    month={7},
    keywords={children type 1 diabetes interviews user centred design},
    doi={10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.254935}
}

Damyanka Tsvyatkova
Cristiano Storni
Year: 2014
Investigating issues related to pediatric diabetes education: problems and barriers
PERVASIVEHEALTH
ACM
DOI: 10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.254935

Damyanka Tsvyatkova¹^,*, Cristiano Storni¹

1: Computer Science & Information Systems, IDC, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

*Contact email: Damyanka.Tsvyatkova@ul.ie

Abstract

In this work, we report on findings from a study of pediatric diabetes in everyday life, aimed at better understanding the needs of children and their parents, and the role of interactive technology in supporting them. Through analysis of a series of in-depth interviews with parents, we identified a series of key challenges in developing tools designed to support everyday self-management. In particular, we focus on and discuss educational issues as they clearly emerged as a recurrent concern in our study.

Keywords: children type 1 diabetes interviews user centred design

Published: 2014-07-23
Publisher: ICST

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.254935