Publications – Wellness Technology Lab

2020

Storywell: Designing Family Fitness App Engagement by Using Social Rewards and Reflection. Herman Saksono, Carmen Castaneda-Sceppa, Jessica Hoffman, Magy Seif El-Nasr, Vivien Morris, and Andrea G. Parker. To appear in the Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2020).
Understanding the Use of Crisis Informatics Technology among Older Adults. Yixuan Zhang, Nurul Suhaimi, Rana Azghandi, Mary Joseph, Miso Kim, Jacqueline Kim, and Andrea G. Parker. To appear in the Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2020).
Investigating Opportunities for Crowdsourcing in Church-Based Health Interventions: A Participatory Design Study. Elizabeth Stowell, Teresa O’Leary, Everlyne Kimani, Michael Paasche-Orlow, Timothy Bickmore, and Andrea G. Parker. To appear in the Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2020).

2019

Social Reflections on Fitness Tracking Data: A Study with Families in Low-SES Neighborhoods. Herman Saksono, Carmen Castaneda-Sceppa, Jessica Hoffman, Magy Seif El-Nasr, Vivien Morris, and Andrea G. Parker. 2019. Social Reflections on Fitness Tracking Data: A Study with Families in Low-SES Neighborhoods. In the Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2019), May 4–9, 2019, Glasgow, Scotland Uk. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 14 pages. (PDF) (23.8% acceptance rate)
Veinot, Tiffany C., Jessica S. Ancker, Heather Cole-Lewis, Elizabeth D. Mynatt, Andrea G. Parker, Katie A. Siek, and Lena Mamykina. 2019. “Leveling Up: On the Potential of Upstream Health Informatics Interventions to Enhance Health Equity.” Medical Care 57:S108-S114. doi: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001032.
Parker, A. G. (2019). “Technological Approaches to Food-Related Health Equity”. In Well-Being as a Multidimensional Concept: Understanding Connections Between Culture, Community, and Health. Page-Reeves, Janet (ed.) Lexington Books of Rowman & Littlefield. Lanham, Maryland.

2018

Social Computing-Driven Activism in Youth Empowerment Organizations: Challenges and Opportunities Farnaz Irannejad Bisafar, Lina Itzel Martinez, Andrea G. Parker. 2018. Social Computing-Driven Activism in Youth Empowerment Organizations: Challenges and Opportunities. In Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’18). ACM, New York, NY, USA. Paper 183, 13 pages. (PDF) (25.7% acceptance rate)
Family Health Promotion in Low-SES Neighborhoods: A Two-Month Study of Wearable Activity Tracking Herman Saksono, Carmen Castaneda-Sceppa, Jessica Hoffman, Magy Seif El-Nasr, Vivien Morris, Andrea Parker. 2018. Family Health Promotion in Low-SES Neighborhoods: A Two-Month Study of Wearable Activity Tracking. In Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’18). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Paper 309, 13 pages. (PDF) (25.7% acceptance rate)
Designing and Evaluating mHealth Interventions for Vulnerable Populations: A Systematic Review Elizabeth Stowell, Mercedes C. Lyson, Herman Saksono, Reneé C. Wurth , Holly Jimison, Misha Pavel, Andrea G. Parker. 2018. Designing and Evaluating mHealth Interventions for Vulnerable Populations: A Systematic Review. In Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’18). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Paper 15, 17 pages. (PDF) (25.7% acceptance rate) *honorable mention, best paper award*

2017

A Sociotechnical Study of a Community-based Rewards Program: Insights on Building Social, Financial and Human Capital Farnaz Irannejad Bisafar, Aditya Ponnada, Ameneh Shamekhi, and Andrea G. Parker. 2017. A Sociotechnical Study of a Community-based Rewards Program: Insights on Building Social, Financial and Human Capital. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 1, CSCW, Article 55 (December 2017), 21 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3134690. (PDF). (27% acceptance rate)
Reflective Informatics Through Family Storytelling: Self-discovering Physical Activity Predictors Herman Saksono and Andrea G. Parker. 2017. Reflective Informatics Through Family Storytelling: Self-discovering Physical Activity Predictors. In Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’17). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 5232-5244. (PDF). (25% acceptance rate)
A Community Health Orientation for Wellness Technology Design & Delivery Parker, A.G., Saksono, H., Hoffman, J. and Castaneda-Sceppa, C., “A Community Health Orientation for Wellness Technology Design & Delivery,” in Ackerman, M., Prilla, M., Stary, C., Hermann, T. and Goggins, S. (eds.), Designing Healthcare That Works: A Sociotechnical Approach, Elsevier (Nov 2017).

2016

Youth Advocacy in SNAs: Challenges for Addressing Health Disparities Irannejad Bisafar, F., Saksono, H., Baquerizo, P., Moore, D. and Parker, A.G. 2016. Youth Advocacy in SNAs: Challenges for Addressing Health Disparities. In Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’16). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 3620-3624. (PDF). (23% acceptance rate)
Confidence & Control: Examining Adolescent Preferences for Technologies that Promote Wellness Irannejad Bisafar, F., Parker, A.G. 2016. Confidence & Control: Examining Adolescent Preferences for Technologies that Promote Wellness. In Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing(CSCW ’16). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 160-171. (25% acceptance rate)

2015

Spaceship Launch: Designing a Collaborative Exergame for Families Saksono, H., Ranade, A., Kamarthi, G., Castaneda-Sceppa, C., Hoffman, J.A., Wirth, C. and Parker, A.G.. 2015. Spaceship Launch: Designing a Collaborative Exergame for Families. In Proceedings of the 18th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW ’15). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1776-1787. (PDF). (28% acceptance rate)

2014

Collectivistic health promotion tools: Accounting for the relationship between culture, food and nutrition Parker, A.G. and Grinter, R.E. 2014. Collectivistic health promotion tools: Accounting for the relationship between culture, food and nutrition. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 72, 2 (2014), 185-206.
Reflection-through-performance: personal implications of documenting health behaviors for the collective Parker, A.G. 2014. Reflection-through-performance: personal implications of documenting health behaviors for the collective. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing 18, 7 (2014), 1737-1752.

2008-2013

I Am What I Eat: Identity and Critical Thinking in an Online Forum for Kids Parker, A.G., McClendon, I., Grevet, C., Ayo, V., Chung, W., Johnson, V. and Mynatt, E.D. 2013. I Am What I Eat: Identity and Critical Thinking in an Online Forum for Kids. Proceedings of CHI’13, 2013, 2437-2446.
Designing for health activism Parker, A.G., “Designing for health activism,”Interactions, 20, 2 (2013), 22-25.
Health Promotion as Activism: Building Community Capacity to Affect Social Change Parker, A.G., Kantroo, V., Lee, H., Osornio, M., Sharma, M. and Grinter, R.E. 2012. Health Promotion as Activism: Building Community Capacity to Affect Social Change. Proceedings of CHI’12, 2012, 99-108. *honorable mention, best paper award*
Celebratory Health Technology Parker, A.G., Harper, R. and Grinter, R.E.. 2011. Celebratory Health Technology. Journal of Science & Diabetes Technology 5, 2 (2011), 333-339.
Characteristics of Shared Health Reflections in a Local Community Grimes, A., Landry, B. and Grinter, R.E. 2010. Characteristics of Shared Health Reflections in a Local Community. Proceedings of CSCW’10 (2010), 435-444.
Let’s play!: mobile health games for adults Grimes, A., Kantroo, V. and Grinter, R.E. 2010. Let’s play!: mobile health games for adults.Proceedings of Ubicomp’10, 2010, 241-250.
Sharing Personal Reflections on Health Locally Grimes, A. 2010. Sharing Personal Reflections on Health Locally. Shared Encounters, Springer, 2010, 255-268.
Is wellness informatics a field of human-centered health informatics? Grinter, R.E., Siek, K.A. and Grimes, A., “Is wellness informatics a field of human-centered health informatics?,” Interactions 17, 1 (2010), 76-79.
Toward technologies that support family reflections on health Grimes, A., Tan, D. and Morris, D. 2009. Toward technologies that support family reflections on health. Proceedings of GROUP’09, ACM, 2009, 311-320.
Celebratory Technology: New Directions for Food Research in HCI Grimes, A. and Harper, R. 2008. Celebratory Technology: New Directions for Food Research in HCI. Proceedings of CHI’08 (2008), 467-476. *honorable mention, best paper award*
Life scheduling to support multiple social roles Grimes, A. and Brush, A.J. 2008. Life scheduling to support multiple social roles. Proceedings of CHI’08, ACM, 2008, 821-824.
EatWell: Sharing nutrition-related memories in a low-income community Grimes, A., Bednar, M., Bolter, J.D. and Grinter, R.E. 2008. EatWell: Sharing nutrition-related memories in a low-income community. Proceedings of CSCW’08, ACM (2008), 87-96. *honorable mention, best paper award*

Posters and Workshop Papers

Saksono, H., Parker, A.G. 2016. Storytelling as a Platform for Health Sensor Data Reflection & Physical Activity Promotion in a Family Setting. Poster presented at the Forum on Population Health Equity. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (2016).

Stowell, E., Lyson, M., Wurth, R., Saksono, H., Jimison, H., Pavel, M., Parker, A.G. 2015. mHealth Research in Vulnerable Populations: A Systematic Review. Poster presented at the Workshop on Interactive Systems in Healthcare (WISH), CHI 2016.

Ranade, A., Saksono, H., Parker, A., Hoffman, J., Kamarthi, G., Wirth, C., Castaneda-Sceppa, C. 2014. Spaceship Launch: A community-driven technology intervention promoting physical activity in a low-income neighborhood. Poster presented at the 142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition, APHA (2014).