rai, Ishkiran;
Patel, Dilisha;
Singh, aneesha;
(2022)
"It's come around way too quickly!" Can technology help parents provide support during menarche?
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Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems.
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Abstract
Menarche is an important milestone and time of transition, where children and adolescents need information and support. Parents provide significant support, but barriers such as parents’ own lack of confidence and information interfere. Existing technology for menstrual health is not always appropriate or accessible to younger adolescents and children. We ran two studies: Study1, an interview and design study explored how parents support children for menarche, their use of technology for this, and to understand the gaps. Study2 evaluated a design concept based on Study1, to gain further insights. Our findings show that menarche is an emotional time for parents and children; parents provide support and shared sensemaking but there is space for technology in providing scaffolding for parents to provide further support. However, there is a balance between sharing or support and privacy or control that needs to be negotiated between parents and children. We conclude with some reflections.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | "It's come around way too quickly!" Can technology help parents provide support during menarche? |
| Event: | DIS 2022 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1145/3532106.3534568 |
| Publisher version: | https://dis.acm.org/2022/ |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10147697 |
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