Tackling Ageing Continence through Theory, Tools &amp; Technology (TACT3)

Bichard, Jo-Anne; Heuvel, Eleanor van den; Jowitt, Felicity; Gilhooly, Mary; Parker, Stuart G; Long, Adele; Ratcliffe, Norman M.; McKee, Kevin; Gaydecki, Patrick

doi:10.18848/2160-1909/cgp/v01i02/35177

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“…Our previous research projects have covered a wide range of toilet locations and types, and also a wide variety of types of people. Projects have included both academic research (Bichard & Van de Heuval, 2008; Greed, 2003, 2006; Greed & Daniels, 2002; Thomas et al, 2001) and technical research for government bodies (BSI, 2006a, 2010; Building Research Establishment [BRE], 2014). There were over 200 respondents in one of our toilet studies, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (Hanson et al, 2007), who discussed their toilet concerns both individually and within focus groups so we could build up qualitative ‘toilet personas’ for a representative range of different groups in society.…”

Section: The Range Of Toilets and Their Usersmentioning

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“…Inadequate toilet facilities for women persist, resulting in continuing queues for the Ladies. Queuing is exacerbated by the fact that female toilet users on average take twice as long to use the toilet as male users for biological, sartorial and spatial reasons (Bichard & Van de Heuval, 2008; Kira, 1975). Women need to physically enter a cubicle, navigating large toilet roll holders, menstrual product waste receptacles and often toilet doors that are close to the toilet bowl (Figure 3).…”

Section: Current Toilet Provision In Historical Contextmentioning

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Greed

2019

The Sociological Review

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The trend towards desegregated women’s and men’s toilets, including installing Gender Neutral Toilets (GNTs), and the implications of revisions to the Gender Recognition Act for women-only spaces, have brought into focus the pre-existing lack of female toilet provision in the UK. Looking at the problem from a town planning perspective, I argue that austerity-driven cuts are coming together with GNT provision to reshape the public toilet landscape in ways that continue to be detrimental to women. Typically women are only provided with half as many facilities as men, resulting in queues for the Ladies, and GNT provision based on relabelling rather than redesigned or additional provision can, in fact, increase competition for the cubicles in the Ladies. The historical, legislative and cultural reasons for this inequality are explored, along with the different types of public toilet and the different requirements of male and female users. The article draws on previous research project findings, many of which foreshadow the problems currently coming to the fore as a result of toilet desegregation. In conclusion, recommendations are made as to how to deal with the conundrum of providing adequate facilities for all women and men, whilst providing all sorts of individuals with choice and privacy to create inclusive, accessible cities for all.

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2019

The Sociological Review

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“…The latter also shows how technology can contribute to breaking down the taboo to help reduce the barrier of self-care, by suggesting that the notion of taboo around this body space might benefit from the support of embodied technologies to encourage looking at oneself. Moreover, projects such as [9], which promote continence care in the community with a focus on reducing social stigma, point out the need for establishing and improving relationships between patient and clinician and the way in which decisions are made. By considering body-worn (smart underwear) and on-body (colour change odour detector) devices it is suggestive of moving forward mechanisms that would support the individual in managing their incontinence in everyday life, by notifying them of leakage or body odour, for which they are alerted and can take prompt action.…”

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HCI and Intimate Care as an Agenda for Change in Women's Health

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Balaam

2016

Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Designing for women's healthcare remains an underexplored area of HCI, particularly outside informational systems for maternal health. Drawing on a case study of a body disruption-urinary incontinence in women-we illustrate the experience of women's health both from the perspective of the patient and the therapist. We show how knowledge, esteem and agency play crucial roles in remedial women's care practices, as well as preventative. In describing these challenges we deliberate on possible futures of women's health that take advantage of the many advances in design and technology from across the spectrum of HCI research. We show how with some care and courage HCI has the potential to transform women's experience within this setting.

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Tackling Ageing Continence through Theory, Tools & Technology (TACT3)

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