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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Robert Comber, Dr Madeline Balaam
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Designing for women's healthcare remains an under explored area of HCI, particularly outside informational systems for maternal health. Drawing on a case study of a body disruption - urinary incontinence in women - we illustrate the experience of women’s health both from the perspective of the patient and the therapist. We show how knowledge, esteem and agency play crucial roles in remedial women’s care practices, as well as preventative. In describing these challenges we deliberate on possible futures of women’s health that take advantage of the many advances in design and technology from across the spectrum of HCI research. We show how with some care and courage HCI has the potential to transform women’s experience within this setting.
Author(s): Almeida T, Comber R, Balaam M
Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
Publication status: Published
Conference Name: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 16)
Year of Conference: 2016
Pages: 2599-2611
Online publication date: 07/05/2016
Acceptance date: 08/01/2016
Date deposited: 26/08/2016
Publisher: ACM
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858187
DOI: 10.1145/2858036.2858187
Data Access Statement: http://dx.doi.org/10.17634/154300-14
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Series Title: CHI '16 Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
ISBN: 9781450333627