The invisible work of maintenance in community health: challenges and opportunities for digital health to support frontline health workers in Karnataka, South India

N Verdezoto, N Bagalkot, SZ Akbar, S Sharma… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Frontline health workers are the first and often the only access point to basic health care
services in low-and-middle income countries. However, the work and the issues frontline …

Beyond health literacy: Navigating boundaries and relationships during high-risk pregnancies: Challenges and opportunities for digital health in north-west india

N Bagalkot, N Verdezoto, A Ghode, S Purohit… - Proceedings of the 11th …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Few studies in HCI4D have examined the lived experiences of women with pregnancy
complications. We conducted a qualitative study with 15 pregnant women to gain an in …

Infrastructuring telehealth in (in) formal patient-doctor contexts

KS Bhat, M Jain, N Kumar - Proceedings of the ACM on Human …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Telehealth technologies have long remained on the peripheries of healthcare systems that
prioritize in-person healthcare provision. The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has …

" We are half-doctors": Family Caregivers as Boundary Actors in Chronic Disease Management

KS Bhat, AK Hall, T Kuo, N Kumar - Proceedings of the ACM on Human …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) and Human--Computer Interaction (HCI)
research is increasingly investigating the roles of caregivers as ancillary stakeholders in …

Taking the long, holistic, and intersectional view to women's wellbeing

N Kumar, N Karusala, A Ismail, A Tuli - ACM Transactions on Computer …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
In this article, we present 6 cases (contained in 13 studies) variously connected with
women's health in a range of Indian contexts. Analyzing these cases, we highlight that …

Menstrual (Im) mobilities and safe spaces

A Tuli, S Chopra, P Singh, N Kumar - … of the 2020 CHI Conference on …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
In cultural contexts where menstruation is a stigmatized health topic, daily management of
menstrual hygiene comes with its set of challenges. Our research aims to identify and …

Embodied negotiations, practices and experiences interacting with pregnancy care infrastructures in South India

N Bagalkot, SZ Akbar, S Sharma… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Behavior change and improving health literacy based on normative ideals of motherhood is
a dominant paradigm to address maternal health challenges. However, these ideals often …

Restoration work: Responding to everyday challenges of HIV outreach

N Kumar, A Ismail, S Sherugar… - Proceedings of the ACM …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
There has been a growing commitment across the fields of Computer-Supported
Cooperative Work (CSCW) and Human-Computer Interaction for Development (HCI4D) …

Indigenous women managing pregnancy complications in rural ecuador: Barriers and opportunities to enhance antenatal care

N Verdezoto, F Carpio-Arias, V Carpio-Arias… - Proceedings of the 11th …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Previous research has explored the potential use of digital health to support maternal health
in the Global South highlighting the importance of understanding the socio-cultural context …

Menopause Legacies: Designing to Record and Share Experiences of Menopause Across Generations

S Chopra, L Orii, K Juarez, N Tieanklin… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Menopause is often overlooked or medicalized, consequently devaluing individual
experiences and failing to support individuals experiencing this life event. Family dynamics …