Abstract
Modern eHealth technologies, such as serious games, social media
and mobile applications addressing health behavior support are evolving rapidly.
High-risk young adults with low educational background and of foreign
origin could especially benefit from personalized health technologies, designed
for their special needs. Sexual health is a delicate subject and well-designed and
tailored health technologies are needed to meet the needs of the target group
and enhance uptake. The aim of this exploratory user study is to identify the
persuasive features and design factors that contribute to the use and uptake of
existing and new health technologies. Four focus groups were conducted with
37 young adults to gain insights into their needs and attitudes, with sexual
health case used in the study. Qualitative data analysis was performed based on
Persuasive Design model to identify stimulating, blocking and neutral persuasive
features, specific for high-risk young adults, as well as generic design factors.
Five generic design factors are formulated based on our findings: (1) anonymity,
(2) interactivity, (3) portability (4) source and (5) comprehensibility.
These findings aim at informing the design of health technologies for lifestyle
and sexual health behavior change support of high-risk young adults, and could
be applicable for young adults in general and other health topics.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings Third International Workshop on Behavior Change Support Systems |
Editors | Saskia Kelders, Olga Kulyk, Lisette van Gemert-Pijnen, Harri Oinas-Kukkonen |
Place of Publication | Aachen, Germany |
Publisher | CEUR |
Pages | 28-42 |
Publication status | Published - 3 Jun 2015 |
Event | 3rd International Workshop on Behavior Change Support Systems, BCSS 2015 - IIT Institute of Design, Chicago, United States Duration: 3 Jun 2015 → 3 Jun 2015 Conference number: 3 https://bcssworkshop.wordpress.com/3d-bcss-workshop/ |
Publication series
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Publisher | CEUR-WS.org |
Volume | 1369 |
ISSN (Print) | 1613-0073 |
Conference
Conference | 3rd International Workshop on Behavior Change Support Systems, BCSS 2015 |
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Abbreviated title | BCSS |
Country/Territory | United States |
City | Chicago |
Period | 3/06/15 → 3/06/15 |
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Keywords
- METIS-315703
- IR-99356