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Community Dynamics in Technospiritual Interventions: Lessons Learned from a Church-based mHealth Pilot

Authors:

Teresa K. O'Leary,

Stefan Olafsson,

Michael Paasche-Orlow,

Timothy Bickmore,

Andrea G ParkerAuthors Info & Claims

CHI '22: Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Article No.: 19, Pages 1 - 23

https://doi.org/10.1145/3491102.3517700

Published: 28 April 2022 Publication History

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Abstract

HCI researchers have increasingly examined how social context shapes health behaviors. Much of this work operates at the interpersonal level. Communities such as churches play important roles in supporting wellbeing and addressing health inequities. While some work has investigated creating digital health tools for religious populations, few have explicitly focused on the incorporation of community support in the form of prayer support. Embedding health interventions in any community has the potential to support or challenge the community’s dynamics. We report on findings from interviews with 17 church members who used a church-based mHealth application over a 4-week period and provide guidelines for developers based on these results. Through their use of the system, participants characterized several community dynamics including a desire for social intimacy, communicating care, creating opportunities for fellowship, maintaining privacy and discretion, and building community connections, and how these dynamics influence their aspirations for a church-based health app.

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