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”I feel like I need to split myself in half”: using role theory to design for parents as caregiving teams in the children’s hospital

When their child is hospitalized, parents take on new caregiving roles, in addition to their existing home and work-related responsibilities. Previous CSCW research has shown how technologies can support caregiving, but more research is needed to …

Designing for Families as Adaptive Systems: Collaborative Emotional Support and Resilience in the Children’s Hospital

When a child is admitted to the hospital with a critical illness, their family must adapt and manage care and stress. HCI and Computer- Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) technologies have shown the potential for collaborative technologies to support …

Helping Their Child, Helping Each Other: Parents’ Mediated Social Support in the Children's Hospital

During a health crisis, such as the hospitalization of a child with a serious illness, families must adjust and support each other in coordinating care. CSCW researchers have shown the potential for collaborative technologies to enhance social …

The Children’s Oncology Planning for Emergencies (COPE) Tool: Prototyping with Caregivers of Children with Cancer

As part of a larger project to co-design and create a mHealth tool to support caregivers of children with cancer, we performed a pilot, qualitative study. For this portion of the project, we engaged with caregivers of children with cancer to …

Coming to America: Iranians' use of Telegram for immigration information seeking

Purpose This study examines Iran-US migrants' use of the most popular messaging application in Iran—Telegram—and shows how they use it to manage their migration information practices.Design/methodology/approach This study took a qualitative …

Design Opportunities and Challenges for App-Based Telemental Health Technologies for Teens and Young Adults

Telemental health (TMH) technologies allow for mental health services to be delivered regardless of geolocation or time, and a new wave of mobile app-based TMH resources hold particular promise for engaging the mental health issues associated with …

Sociotechnical Design Opportunities for Pervasive Family Sleep Technologies

Getting the right amount of high quality sleep is crucial for overall health and wellbeing, and pervasive and ubiquitous computing technologies have shown promise for allowing individuals to track and manage their sleep quality. However, sleep …

"Notjustgirls": Exploring Male-related Eating Disordered Content across Social Media Platforms

Eating disorders (EDs) are a worldwide public health concern that impact approximately 10% of the U.S. population. Our previous research characterized these behaviors across online spaces. These characterizations have used clinical terminology, and …

"This Girl is on Fire": Sensemaking in an Online Health Community for Vulvodynia

Online health communities (OHCs) allow people living with a shared diagnosis or medical condition to connect with peers for social support and advice. OHCs have been well studied in conditions like diabetes and cancer, but less is known about their …

Family-Based Sleep Technologies: Opportunities and Challenges

Sleep is a critical component of overall wellness, and pervasive and ubiquitous computing technologies have shown promise for allowing individuals to track and manage their sleep quality. However, sleep quality is also affected by interpersonal …