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Menopause Legacies: Designing to Record and Share Experiences of Menopause Across Generations

Menopause is often overlooked or medicalized, consequently devaluing individual experiences and failing to support individuals experiencing this life event. Family dynamics, death, and taboo further mean that individuals often miss out on information that could help them contextualize their experiences. We examine par…

Shaan Chopra et al.Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi

Session 2g: Identity, Visibility and Care in Online Spaces

Understanding the Role of Technology in Older Adults’ Changing Social Support Networks

Technologies that facilitate communication between older adults and those around them have the potential to strengthen older adults’ connections with their support network. In this paper, we present findings from interviews with 16 older adult participants in the United States about their social network composition an…

Shengzhi Wang et al.University Of Washington

Session 4a: Intergenerational Connections

Using Speculative Design to Understand Preferred Futures for the Design and Use of Tracking Data in U.S. College Sport Teams

US college sports teams are increasingly adopting personal data technologies, such as wearable sensors, with a goal of improving individual and team performance as well as individual safety. Previous research has noted the potential for these tools to reinforce the power that coaches hold over student-athletes and com…

Samantha Kolovson et al.University Of Washington

Session 3c: Speculative Design and Emerging Technologies

HCI Contributions in Mental Health: A Modular Framework to Guide Psychosocial Intervention Design

Many people prefer psychosocial interventions for mental health care or other concerns, but these interventions are often complex and unavailable in settings where people seek care. Intervention designers use technology to improve user experience or reach of interventions, and HCI researchers have made many contributi…

Petr Slovak et al.King's College London

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SwitchTube: A Proof-of-Concept System Introducing "Adaptable Commitment Interfaces" as a Tool for Digital Wellbeing

YouTube has many features, such as homepage recommendations, that encourage users to explore its vast library of videos. However, when users visit YouTube with a specific intention, e.g., learning how to program in Python, these features to encourage exploration are often distracting. Prior work has innovated 'commitm…

Kai Lukoff et al.Santa Clara University

A Longitudinal Goal Setting Model for Addressing Complex Personal Problems in Mental Health

Goal setting is critical to achieving desired changes in life. Many technologies support defining and tracking progress toward goals, but these are just some parts of the process of setting and achieving goals. People desire to set goals that are more complex than the ones supported through technology. People use goal…

Elena Agapie et al.University of California Irvine

Mental Health

Parenting in a Pandemic: Juggling Multiple Roles and Managing Technology Use in Family Life During COVID-19 in the United States

The COVID-19 pandemic upended the lives of families with young children as school closures and social distancing requirements left caregivers struggling to facilitate educational experiences, maintain social connections, and ensure financial stability. Considering families’ increased reliance on technology to survive,…

Rebecca Michelson et al.University Of Washington

Technology/Information Use in Times of Pandemic

“This just felt to me like the right thing to do”: Decision-Making Experiences of Parents of Young Children

Parenting comes with many responsibilities, one of which is making ongoing decisions affecting their child’s health. While today’s parents have access to an abundance of parenting advice and data—both offline and online—little is known about their lived experience with these resources and how it interacts with other a…

Susanne Kirchner et al.University Of Washington

From Ancient Contemplative Practice to the App Store: Designing a Digital Container for Mindfulness

Hundreds of popular mobile apps today market their ties to mindfulness. What activities do these apps support and what benefits do they claim? How do mindfulness teachers, as domain experts, view these apps? We first conduct an exploratory review of 370 mindfulness-related apps on Google Play, finding that mindfulness…

Kai Lukoff et al.University Of Washington

A Translational Science Model for HCI

Using scientific discoveries to inform design practice is an important, but difficult, objective in HCI. In this paper, we provide an overview of Translational Science in HCI by triangulating literature related to the research-practice gap with interview data from many parties engaged (or not) in translating HCI knowl…

Lucas Colusso et al.University Of Washington

Workshop: Social Issues in Personal Informatics: Design, Data, and Infrastructure

An abundance of digital tools exist for tracking various aspects of one’s life, body, health, and activities. These personal informatics (PI) and quantified self (QS) technologies are designed to help users capture, reflect on, and get actionable information about personal data. In the past (and still in many cases),…

Elizabeth L Murnane et al.Stanford University

Workshop: Social Issues in Personal Informatics: Design, Data, and Infrastructure

Paper Title	Authors	Research Topics
Menopause Legacies: Designing to Record and Share Experiences of Menopause Across Generations Menopause is often overlooked or medicalized, consequently devaluing individual experiences and failing to support individuals experiencing this life event. Family dynamics, death, and taboo further mean that individuals often miss out on information that could help them contextualize their experiences. We examine par…	SC Shaan Chopra et al.Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi	Session 2g: Identity, Visibility and Care in Online Spaces
Understanding the Role of Technology in Older Adults’ Changing Social Support Networks Technologies that facilitate communication between older adults and those around them have the potential to strengthen older adults’ connections with their support network. In this paper, we present findings from interviews with 16 older adult participants in the United States about their social network composition an…	SW Shengzhi Wang et al.University Of Washington	Session 4a: Intergenerational Connections
Using Speculative Design to Understand Preferred Futures for the Design and Use of Tracking Data in U.S. College Sport Teams US college sports teams are increasingly adopting personal data technologies, such as wearable sensors, with a goal of improving individual and team performance as well as individual safety. Previous research has noted the potential for these tools to reinforce the power that coaches hold over student-athletes and com…	SK Samantha Kolovson et al.University Of Washington	Session 3c: Speculative Design and Emerging Technologies
emoji_events HCI Contributions in Mental Health: A Modular Framework to Guide Psychosocial Intervention Design Many people prefer psychosocial interventions for mental health care or other concerns, but these interventions are often complex and unavailable in settings where people seek care. Intervention designers use technology to improve user experience or reach of interventions, and HCI researchers have made many contributi…	PS Petr Slovak et al.King's College London
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emoji_events SwitchTube: A Proof-of-Concept System Introducing "Adaptable Commitment Interfaces" as a Tool for Digital Wellbeing YouTube has many features, such as homepage recommendations, that encourage users to explore its vast library of videos. However, when users visit YouTube with a specific intention, e.g., learning how to program in Python, these features to encourage exploration are often distracting. Prior work has innovated 'commitm…	KL Kai Lukoff et al.Santa Clara University
A Longitudinal Goal Setting Model for Addressing Complex Personal Problems in Mental Health Goal setting is critical to achieving desired changes in life. Many technologies support defining and tracking progress toward goals, but these are just some parts of the process of setting and achieving goals. People desire to set goals that are more complex than the ones supported through technology. People use goal…	EA Elena Agapie et al.University of California Irvine	Mental Health
Parenting in a Pandemic: Juggling Multiple Roles and Managing Technology Use in Family Life During COVID-19 in the United States The COVID-19 pandemic upended the lives of families with young children as school closures and social distancing requirements left caregivers struggling to facilitate educational experiences, maintain social connections, and ensure financial stability. Considering families’ increased reliance on technology to survive,…	RM Rebecca Michelson et al.University Of Washington	Technology/Information Use in Times of Pandemic
“This just felt to me like the right thing to do”: Decision-Making Experiences of Parents of Young Children Parenting comes with many responsibilities, one of which is making ongoing decisions affecting their child’s health. While today’s parents have access to an abundance of parenting advice and data—both offline and online—little is known about their lived experience with these resources and how it interacts with other a…	SK Susanne Kirchner et al.University Of Washington
From Ancient Contemplative Practice to the App Store: Designing a Digital Container for Mindfulness Hundreds of popular mobile apps today market their ties to mindfulness. What activities do these apps support and what benefits do they claim? How do mindfulness teachers, as domain experts, view these apps? We first conduct an exploratory review of 370 mindfulness-related apps on Google Play, finding that mindfulness…	KL Kai Lukoff et al.University Of Washington
emoji_events A Translational Science Model for HCI Using scientific discoveries to inform design practice is an important, but difficult, objective in HCI. In this paper, we provide an overview of Translational Science in HCI by triangulating literature related to the research-practice gap with interview data from many parties engaged (or not) in translating HCI knowl…	LC Lucas Colusso et al.University Of Washington
Workshop: Social Issues in Personal Informatics: Design, Data, and Infrastructure An abundance of digital tools exist for tracking various aspects of one’s life, body, health, and activities. These personal informatics (PI) and quantified self (QS) technologies are designed to help users capture, reflect on, and get actionable information about personal data. In the past (and still in many cases),…	EM Elizabeth L Murnane et al.Stanford University	Workshop: Social Issues in Personal Informatics: Design, Data, and Infrastructure