Background Infertile individuals desire support, as they are highly vulnerable to multi-
dimensional distress. However, support from family, friends and professionals has been …

Fertility tracking applications are technologies that collect sensitive information about their
users ie reproductive potential. For many, these apps are an affordable solution when trying …

Emotional validation describes when one believes that their activities, emotions, beliefs, or
other reactions are relevant and meaningful given the circumstance. When people …

Assessing the trustworthiness of information online is complicated. Literacy-based
paradigms are both widely used to help and widely critiqued. We conducted a study with 35 …

Fertility tracking and technology are characterized by logging varied health-related data
potentially associated with female fertility cycles. Such data are often seen as private and …

Joseph W. Newbold a, b, Anna Rudnicka b, f, David Cook c, Marta E. Cecchinato a, d, Sandy
JJ Gould e, and Anna L. Cox b, f aComputer and Information Sciences Department …

Pregnancy is a significant but stressful life transition, requiring effort from multiple
stakeholders including expectant parents, family members, and friends to navigate. Existing …

Research in personal informatics (PI) calls for systems to sup-port social forms of tracking,
raising questions about how privacy can and should support intentionally sharing sensitive …

Background With the growing availability of online health resources and the widespread use
of social media to better understand health conditions, people are increasingly making …

Medical practices have always been data oriented: healthcare providers decisions are
based on data, both clinically generated and patient reported. With the increased use of …