[HTML][HTML] Embodied Conversational Agents for Chronic Diseases: Scoping Review

Z Jiang, X Huang, Z Wang, Y Liu, L Huang… - Journal of Medical Internet …, 2024 - jmir.org
Background Embodied conversational agents (ECAs) are computer-generated animated
humanlike characters that interact with users through verbal and nonverbal behavioral cues …

Key changes to improve social presence of a virtual health assistant promoting colorectal cancer screening informed by a technology acceptance model

MJ Vilaro, DS Wilson-Howard, MS Zalake… - BMC medical informatics …, 2021 - Springer
Background Understanding how older, minoritized patients attend to cues when interacting
with web-based health messages may provide opportunities to improve engagement with …

Would You Go to a Virtual Doctor? A Systematic Literature Review on User Preferences for Embodied Virtual Agents in Healthcare

L Kruse, J Hertel, F Mostajeran… - … on Mixed and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Medical virtual agents (VAs) hold great potential to support patients in achieving their health
goals, especially at times or in regions where the demand for physiological and …

Do they speak like me? Exploring how perceptions of linguistic difference may influence patient perceptions of healthcare providers

DN Lee, MJ Hutchens, TJ George… - Medical Education …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The increased utilization of telehealth has provided patients with the opportunity to interact
with racially diverse healthcare providers (HCPs). While evidence of racial stereotypes in …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of virtual human rendering style on user perceptions of visual cues

J Stuart, K Aul, A Stephen, MD Bumbach… - Frontiers in Virtual …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Virtual humans have expanded the training opportunities available to
healthcare learners. Particularly, virtual humans have allowed simulation to display visual …

A subjective culture approach to cancer prevention: rural black and white adults' perceptions of using virtual health assistants to promote colorectal cancer screening

MJ Vilaro, DS Wilson-Howard, JM Neil… - Health …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In the US, Black adults are less likely than White adults to be screened for colorectal cancer
(CRC). This study uses a subjective culture approach to describe and compare perceptions …

[HTML][HTML] Can virtual human clinicians help close the gap in colorectal cancer screening for rural adults in the United States? The influence of rural identity on …

EJ Cooks, KA Duke, E Flood-Grady, MJ Vilaro… - Preventive Medicine …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rural adults experience disparities in colorectal cancer screening, a trend even more
distinct among rural Black adults. Healthcare disruptions caused by COVID-19 exacerbated …

Communicating risk to promote colorectal cancer screening: a multi-method study to test tailored versus targeted message strategies

JM Neil, ND Parker… - Health Education …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates are suboptimal, partly due to poor communication
about CRC risk. More effective methods are needed to educate patients, but little research …

Information architects: using community-engaged and qualitative methods to design a technology-based nutrition and cancer risk intervention for rural adults

MJ Vilaro, K McAlindon, G Mertens, T Ashley… - Cancer …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Nearly half of all cancer deaths are preventable through modification or
avoidance of key risk factors. As such, there is a growing urgency to identify effective, low …

Fake news on social media: predicting which media format influences fake news most on facebook

J Demuyakor, EM Opata - Journal of Intelligent Communication, 2022 - ojs.ukscip.com
Video and audio fake news formats distributed on Facebook in the form of dis/misinformation
have caused so much fear, and panic, and received unpleasant reactions among users. This …