Satisfying health information needs: A German health exhibition example

Though medical knowledge is spreading around the globe increasingly fast, it is a difficult task to determine individual relevance for most non-professionals. In this paper we describe our findings and experiences on how interactive touchscreen-based software can support the general public in exploring and understanding the health related domain. A health related Semantic Network is used to visualize relationships among topics of interest. A field test of our browser-based UI was conducted at a public health exhibition, which toured throughout Germany and Austria during 2011.