Exploring the Potential for Tangible Social Technologies for Childhood Cancer Patients within the Hospital
| Autor: | Jillian L. Warren |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Research design
Medical education Computer science Social connectedness media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 020207 software engineering Loneliness 02 engineering and technology Design knowledge Social relation Feeling 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering medicine Isolation (psychology) 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Social determinants of health medicine.symptom 050107 human factors media_common |
| Zdroj: | Tangible and Embedded Interaction |
| DOI: | 10.1145/3294109.3302956 |
| Popis: | Through a multi-phased mixed method study with childhood cancer patients (8-12 years old) and their team of caregivers within US and Canadian hospitals we will explore (1) the ways the cancer experience impacts patient's social/emotional well-being, (2) how existing technologies fail to provide feelings of connectedness to friends/peers, and (3) how novel tangible technology could improve connectedness. We aim to (1) empower children with cancer by allowing them to voice their own experiences with isolation, loneliness, and loss of a normal childhood, as well as how technology may better support their needs, (2) contribute design knowledge about how to support meaningful social interaction and play that is age and 'ability' appropriate, and (3) provide insight for future design and evaluation studies by better understanding constraints/opportunities for social tangible technologies intended for use in a real world pediatric hospitals. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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