University of Limerick

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CHI '26Mental Health Apps & Online Support Communities +3

Technology in Abortion Care: a Scoping Review on Contexts of Use, Research Methods, Ethical Considerations and Impact

Globally, about 40% of women and people assigned female at birth live under laws that restrict or prohibit access to safe abortion care. Even where abortion is legal, socio-cultural stigma and health inequities hinder timely, equitable access. Technologies have been developed to support abortion seekers and providers…

CSCW '25Women & Gender

‘Take Everything With a Pinch of Salt’: Learning to Navigate Fitness on Social Media

Emerging evidence from other disciplines indicates that women’s engagement with fitness content and communities on social media can have both positive and negative impacts, with particular concerns arising around misinformation, body image and privacy. To investigate this further, we conducted a three-step data collec…

CSCW '25Facilitating Support and Belonging

Sharing, Support-Seeking, and Managing Safety: A Qualitative Study of Online Platform Engagement After Pregnancy Loss

Online social platforms can provide important benefits to users following pregnancy loss. However, while research to date has provided insights into the opportunities and challenges of online platform use after pregnancy loss, we have a limited understanding of how users actively work to navigate these environments in…

CHI '23Mental Health Apps & Online Support Communities +1

Using Thematic Analysis in Healthcare HCI at CHI: A Scoping Review

CHI papers researching healthcare human-computer interaction (HCI) are increasingly reporting the use of "thematic analysis" (TA). TA refers to a range of flexible and evolving approaches for qualitative data analysis. Its increased use demonstrates a change in research practices, and with that the emergence of new lo…

CHI '22Inclusive Design +2

'She's Just My Life': Digital Design to Support Women's Self-Other Care in Relationships with their Mothers

Recent HCI research has suggested a move from individualistic models of digital care and wellbeing to considering the family unit as a locus of support in this area; however, little work has examined the complex, granular everyday experience of such relationships, and the role of gender, class, and care is underexplor…

CHI '20Best PaperMental Health Apps & Online Support Communities +1

ReFind: Design, Lived Experience and Ongoingness in Bereavement

We describe the design and use of ReFind, a handheld artefact made for people who are bereaved and are ready to re-explore their relationship to the deceased person. ReFind was made within a project seeking to develop new ways to curate and create digital media to support ongoingness – an active, dynamic component of…

CHI '20Elderly Care & Dementia Support +1

Relational, Flexible, Everyday: Learning from Ethics in Dementia Research

Engaging in participatory research in HCI raises numerous ethical complexities such as consent, researcher relationships, and participant compensation. Doing HCI work in the area of dementia amplifies these issues, and researchers in this area are modelling ethical stances to ensure researcher-participant relationship…

CHI '19Mental Health Apps & Online Support Communities +2

Exploring Media Capture of Meaningful Experiences to Support Families Living with Dementia

Although designing interactive media experiences for people with dementia has become a growing interest in HCI, a strong focus on family members has rarely been recognised as worthy of design intervention. This paper presents a research through design (RTD) approach working closely with families living with dementia i…

CHI '19Honorable MentionUniversal & Inclusive Design +1

Printer Pals: Experience-Centered Design to Support Agency for People with Dementia

Whereas there have been significant improvements in the quality of care provided for people with dementia, limited attention to the importance for people with dementia being enabled to make positive social contributions within care home contexts can restrict their sense of agency. In this paper we describe the design…

CHI '19Home Voice Assistant Experience +1

Older Voices: Supporting Community Radio Production for Civic Participation in Later Life

Community radio can support the process of having a voice in one's community as a part of civic action, and promote community dialogue. However, older adults are underrepresented as producers of community radio shows in the UK, and face different challenges to their younger colleagues. By working within the radio prod…

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