Insights into the role of gender in aesthetic design: a participatory study on the design of digital health wearables

Esfahani, Bahar Khayamian and Sareh, Pooya ORCID: 0000-0003-1836-2598 (2021) Insights into the role of gender in aesthetic design: a participatory study on the design of digital health wearables. International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM), 15 (2-3). pp. 173-185.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12008-021-00751-7

Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The role of artificial intelligence (AI) in facilitating the real-time processing of data is revolutionising the future of healthcare through mobile diagnostics, remote monitoring devices, and wearable technology products. The rise in digital wearables for remote healthcare is evolving at an increasing pace towards patient-centred and personalised care with connected patients. This transformation is creating new opportunities for designers to increase patients' participation and sustain their engagement in remote healthcare. In this paper, the authors have investigated the role of gender in aesthetic design in the context of digital health wearables to enhance user engagement and interaction. The investigations were conducted through participatory design sessions and showed a constructive relationship between aesthetic preferences and understanding the influence of gender as a means of facilitating user engagement with digital health wearables. This paper presents a novel user response model that leads to suggestions for future work, including research in the areas of gender awareness in aesthetics to move beyond traditional, stereotypical, and pre-identified gendered characteristics related to femininity and masculinity. The findings conclude with a path forwards for design research to promote gender awareness in aesthetic design for the realisation of healthcare wearables of the future<jats:italic>.</jats:italic></jats:p>

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Aesthetics, Gender, Remote healthcare, Digital health wearables, Participatory design
Divisions:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	02 Aug 2021 08:23
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2023 21:34
DOI:	10.1007/s12008-021-00751-7
Open Access URL:	https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s120...
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3131756