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Item Can money buy happiness?: the influence of money on well-being(2015-12) Noland, Gabrielle; Greenbaum, Ann G.; Towson SeminarThere are many factors that affect an individual’s well-being, with money being one of them. Multiple sources address the correlations between income and happiness through subjects such as prosocial spending, materialism, the pursuit of intrinsic versus extrinsic values, and the effects of homelessness on physical and mental health. In many cases, money can have a negative effect on both happiness and health, especially through financial stress. In some cases, however, money may have a positive effect on happiness and health, through spending money on others, for example. This paper will investigate the varying influences of money on emotional and physical well-being.Item Co-Designing an e-Health Tutorial for Older Adults(iConference 2012, 2012-02) Xie, Bo; Yeh, Tom; Walsh, Greg; Watkins, Ivan; Huang, ManOlder adults’ ability to access and use electronic health information is generally low, requiring innovative approaches for improvement. An integrated e-tutorial overlays instructions onto Websites. The literature suggests integrated e-tutorials are more effective than paper or video-based tutorials for younger people, but little is known about their effectiveness for older adults. This study explores the applicability of an integrated e-health tutorial for older adults. An integrated e-tutorial, the Online Tutorial Overlay Presenter (OnTOP), added an instructional overlay to the NIHSeniorHealth.gov Website. Overlay features were examined in seven participatory design sessions with seven older adults. Participatory design techniques were used to elicit participants’ preferences for tutorial features. Three themes emerged: 1) using contextual cues; 2) tailoring to the learner’s literacy level; and 3) enhancing interfaces with multimedia cues. These findings improved the design features of OnTOP. They also generated empirical evidence about the effects of multimedia learning among older adults.Item Examining the role of news coverage in the dissemination of FDA prescription drug warnings(2016-01-01) Abrams, Michael Todd; Salkever, David S.; School of Public Policy; Public PolicyThis thesis explores the potential role of news media coverage about U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warnings for prescription drugs in influencing patient/prescriber behavior. It extends previous literature about the impacts of the FDA warnings on antidepressants and other medication utilization in two ways. First, previous studies did not directly consider possible impacts of news coverage of these warnings on consumer behavior. This neglect of news coverage is surprising in light of an extensive communications literature demonstrating the broad influence of such lay information transmissions on human behavior, and despite concerns that errant or incomplete news coverage frequently yields unintended consequences (e.g., stopping medications rather than better patient monitoring) of targeted FDA recommendations. Second, this study used time-series data about four FDA warnings representing distinct therapeutic treatment classes for depression, smoking addiction, asthma and allergies, and diabetes. Using a variety of statistical models, this work found very small, though significant, evidence suggesting that news coverage surrounding FDA prescription drug warnings can have subtle impacts on down-stream doctor and consumer behavior. The results of this work should be of direct interest to those concerned with the dissemination of health communication messages and other technical news relevant to consumers.Item Interactive Systems for Healthcare at ISIR(2024-03-18) Avellino, Ignacio; Alberge, Clément; Babel, Marie; Bailly, Gilles; Baudry, Aline; Caramiaux, Baptiste; Dubois, Océane; Gauthier, Philippe; Gueorguiev, David; Haddad, Alexandre; Hadjes, Samuel; Jaafar, Eya; Jarrassé, Nathanael; Jourdan, Théo; Kulozik, Julian; Lacôte, Inès; Lansiaux, Axel; Lelièvre, Océane; Marchal, Maud; Pacchierotti, Claudio; Saint-Bauzel, Ludovic; Szmatula, Eloïse; Vérité, Fabien; Canlorbe, Geoffroy; Choussy, Olivier; Taouachi, Rabah; Fuks, David; Mentis, HelenaThis ISIR lab stand showcases some of the interactive systems developed in the past 5 years in relation to HCI and Health. Two types of medical applications are showcased: surgical procedures (e.g., assistance robots, videos in support of learning) and people suffering from a motor deficit (e.g., motorized prostheses, intelligent walkers, kinesthetic feedback for visually impaired assistance).