Better health information exploration

Patrick Cheong Iao Pang; Karin Verspoor; Shanton Chang; Jon Pearce

doi:10.1145/2846439.2846444

Better health information exploration

Patrick Cheong Iao Pang
, Karin Verspoor
, Shanton Chang
, Jon Pearce

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Abstract

The provision of health information has to be clear and appealing to users. Research has shown that health information seekers do not all have the same attributes, skills or needs. In any given health-related app or website, there is a need to provide tools for accessing information in ways that appeal to users. This is not always supported by current web technologies. As such, based on prior research on health information seeking behaviour and needs, we designed and created a proofof- concept website named Better Health Explorer to experiment on health information seekers. The pilot results show a positive effect on supporting and improving the experience of seekers with exploratory search behaviour.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	APCHIUX 2015 Proceedings - Asia Pacific HCI and UX Design Symposium 2015, held at the 27th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2015
Subtitle of host publication	Being Human
Editors	Eunice Sari, Wan Fatimah Wan Bt Ahmad, Eunice Sari, Henry Duh, Kagonya Awori, Margot Brereton, Jennyfer Lawrence Taylor
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	10-15
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450340410
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2846439.2846444
Publication status	Published - 7 Dec 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	Asia Pacific HCI and UX Design Symposium, APCHIUX 2015 - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 7 Dec 2015 → …

Publication series

Name	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
Volume	07-December-2015

Conference

Conference	Asia Pacific HCI and UX Design Symposium, APCHIUX 2015
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Melbourne
Period	7/12/15 → …

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Exploratory search
Health information seeking behaviour
Information exploration

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Pang, P. C. I., Verspoor, K., Chang, S., & Pearce, J. (2015). Better health information exploration. In E. Sari, W. F. Wan Bt Ahmad, E. Sari, H. Duh, K. Awori, M. Brereton, & J. L. Taylor (Eds.), APCHIUX 2015 Proceedings - Asia Pacific HCI and UX Design Symposium 2015, held at the 27th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2015: Being Human (pp. 10-15). (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; Vol. 07-December-2015). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/2846439.2846444

Pang, Patrick Cheong Iao ; Verspoor, Karin ; Chang, Shanton et al. / Better health information exploration. APCHIUX 2015 Proceedings - Asia Pacific HCI and UX Design Symposium 2015, held at the 27th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2015: Being Human. editor / Eunice Sari ; Wan Fatimah Wan Bt Ahmad ; Eunice Sari ; Henry Duh ; Kagonya Awori ; Margot Brereton ; Jennyfer Lawrence Taylor. Association for Computing Machinery, 2015. pp. 10-15 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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Pang, PCI, Verspoor, K, Chang, S & Pearce, J 2015, Better health information exploration. in E Sari, WF Wan Bt Ahmad, E Sari, H Duh, K Awori, M Brereton & JL Taylor (eds), APCHIUX 2015 Proceedings - Asia Pacific HCI and UX Design Symposium 2015, held at the 27th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2015: Being Human. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, vol. 07-December-2015, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 10-15, Asia Pacific HCI and UX Design Symposium, APCHIUX 2015, Melbourne, Australia, 7/12/15. https://doi.org/10.1145/2846439.2846444

Better health information exploration. / Pang, Patrick Cheong Iao; Verspoor, Karin; Chang, Shanton et al.
APCHIUX 2015 Proceedings - Asia Pacific HCI and UX Design Symposium 2015, held at the 27th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2015: Being Human. ed. / Eunice Sari; Wan Fatimah Wan Bt Ahmad; Eunice Sari; Henry Duh; Kagonya Awori; Margot Brereton; Jennyfer Lawrence Taylor. Association for Computing Machinery, 2015. p. 10-15 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; Vol. 07-December-2015).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Pang PCI, Verspoor K, Chang S, Pearce J. Better health information exploration. In Sari E, Wan Bt Ahmad WF, Sari E, Duh H, Awori K, Brereton M, Taylor JL, editors, APCHIUX 2015 Proceedings - Asia Pacific HCI and UX Design Symposium 2015, held at the 27th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2015: Being Human. Association for Computing Machinery. 2015. p. 10-15. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). doi: 10.1145/2846439.2846444

Better health information exploration

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