Title :
Designing for Engaging Experiences in Mobile Social-Health Support Systems
Author :
Baumer, E.P.S. ; Khovanskaya, V. ; Adams, P. ; Pollak, J.P. ; Voida, S. ; Gay, Geri
Abstract :
How do you design for sustained engagement in the context of supporting or encouraging health and well-being? Two studies of a mobile social-health application reveal how different aspects of the sociotechnical design affect user engagement with the system.
Keywords :
health care; medical computing; mobile computing; user interfaces; virtual reality; VERA application; mobile social-health application; mobile social-health support system; sociotechnical design; user engagement; virtual environment for raised awareness; well-being support; Biomedical monitoring; Context awareness; Medical services; Medical treatment; Mobile communication; Ubiquitous computing; User interfaces; Wireless networks; HCI; healthcare; information interfaces and representation; mobile applications; pervasive computing;
Journal_Title :
Pervasive Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MPRV.2013.47
