“It'sa girl thing” Examining Challenges and Opportunities around Menstrual Health Education in India
Cultural taboos and limiting social norms make it challenging to communicate and teach
about menstrual health in India. We present findings from an inquiry of current approaches …
about menstrual health in India. We present findings from an inquiry of current approaches …
Feedpal: Understanding opportunities for chatbots in breastfeeding education of women in india
Use of chatbots in different spheres of life is continuously increasing since a couple of years.
We attempt to understand the potential of chatbots for breastfeeding education by …
We attempt to understand the potential of chatbots for breastfeeding education by …
Rethinking menstrual trackers towards period-positive ecologies
Menstrual tracking is a mechanism widely engaged towards preserving menstrual dignity, as
natural birth control, for ensuring adequate preparation for an upcoming cycle, among other …
natural birth control, for ensuring adequate preparation for an upcoming cycle, among other …
Reimagining (women's) health: HCI, gender and essentialised embodiment
An ever-increasing body of work within HCI investigates questions of around “Women's
Health” with the aim to disrupt the status quo of defaulting to an implicit norm of cis-male …
Health” with the aim to disrupt the status quo of defaulting to an implicit norm of cis-male …
AdolescentBot: Understanding opportunities for chatbots in combating adolescent sexual and reproductive health problems in Bangladesh
Traditional face-to-face health consultation-based systems largely failed to attract teenagers
to get reproductive and sexual health supports from doctors and practitioners in Bangladesh …
to get reproductive and sexual health supports from doctors and practitioners in Bangladesh …
Challenges and issues integrating smartphones into teacher support programs in India
Current ICTD best practices call on practitioner organizations that deploy technology
interventions with marginalized communities to commit to long-term engagements and …
interventions with marginalized communities to commit to long-term engagements and …
Sociocultural dimensions of tracking health and taking care
The field of personal health informatics has received increasing attention within the CSCW
and HCI communities as health tracking becomes more affordable, accessible, and …
and HCI communities as health tracking becomes more affordable, accessible, and …
Patriarchy, maternal health and spiritual healing: Designing maternal health interventions in Pakistan
We examine the opportunities and challenges in designing for maternal health in low-
income, low-resource communities in patriarchal and religious contexts. Pakistan faces a …
income, low-resource communities in patriarchal and religious contexts. Pakistan faces a …
“That courage to encourage”: Participation and Aspirations in Chat-based Peer Support for Youth Living with HIV
We present a qualitative study of a six-month pilot of WhatsApp-based facilitated peer
support groups, serving youth living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in an informal …
support groups, serving youth living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in an informal …
Living with uncertainty and stigma: self-experimentation and support-seeking around polycystic ovary syndrome
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a condition that causes hormonal imbalance and
infertility in women and people with female reproductive organs. PCOS causes different …
infertility in women and people with female reproductive organs. PCOS causes different …