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Hacking Women's Health

Authors:

Madeline Balaam,

Lone Koefoed Hansen,

Catherine D'Ignazio,

Teresa Almeida,

Stacey Kuznetsov,

Marie L. J. SøndergaardAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '17: Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 476 - 483

https://doi.org/10.1145/3027063.3027085

Published: 06 May 2017 Publication History

Abstract

The aim of this two-day workshop is to bring together a nascent community of researchers to share research, ideas, methods and tools that can encourage, inspire and strengthen those of us working on digital women's health. Our workshop aims to take a pro-active stance, offering participants the opportunity to critique, design and hack existing and new women's digital health experiences. Or, in other words, to get their hands dirty. Through our hack-led event we aim to face head-on issues related to digital women's health, such as taboo, power and prejudice. This workshop will address current gaps in research and practice by enabling us to develop the confidence, networks and strategies that can facilitate researchers / designers / technologists to work within this space.

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Hacking Women's Health
1. Human-centered computing

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CHI EA '17: Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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ISBN:9781450346566

DOI:10.1145/3027063

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University of California Irvine
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Cornell University
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University of Michigan
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University of Southampton
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Juan Pablo Hourcade
University of Iowa
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Caroline Appert
Université Paris-Sud
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University of Toronto

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