Writing for the Web

Brinck, Tom; Gergle, Darren; Wood, Scott D.

doi:10.1016/b978-155860658-6.50010-9

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“…Because this emerging area of research lies at the intersection of behavioral science, engineering, and clinical science, existing developmental models from engineering can be borrowed and adapted. For example, user centered design (79) and usability testing (80) are common methods used in product development. These strategies involve systematic problem analysis, design, and an iterative process of evaluation to ensure that the BIT is understandable, attractive, and usable for the targeted patient population.…”

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“…These strategies involve systematic problem analysis, design, and an iterative process of evaluation to ensure that the BIT is understandable, attractive, and usable for the targeted patient population. Human factors and human-computer interaction are disciplines with well-developed methodologies for design and usability testing (80) that could be adapted for BITs research.…”

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Behavioral Intervention Technologies: Evidence review and recommendations for future research in mental health

Mohr¹,

Burns²,

Schueller³

et al. 2013

General Hospital Psychiatry

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This paper reports on the findings of a technical expert panel convened by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Institute of Mental Health, charged with reviewing the state of research on behavioral intervention technologies (BITs) in mental health and identifying the top research priorities. BITs is the comprehensive term used to refer to behavioral and psychological interventions that use information and communication technology features to address behavioral and mental health outcomes. Mental health BITs using videoconferencing and standard telephone technologies to deliver psychotherapy have been wellvalidated. Web-based interventions have shown efficacy across a broad range of mental health outcomes, although outcomes vary widely. Social media such as online support groups have produced generally disappointing outcomes when used alone. Mobile technologies have received limited attention for mental health outcomes, although findings from behavioral health suggest they are promising. Virtual reality has shown good efficacy for anxiety and pediatric disorders. Serious gaming has received relatively little work in mental health. Recommendations for next step research in each of these are made. Research focused on understanding of reach, adherence, barriers and cost is recommended. As BITs can generate large amounts of data, improvements in the collection, storage, analysis, and visualization of big data will be required. Traditional psychological and behavioral theories have proven insufficient to understand how BITs produce behavioral change. Thus new theoretical models, as well as new evaluation strategies, will be required. Finally, for BITs to have a public health impact, research on implementation and application to prevention will be required.

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Section: What Work Is Needed?mentioning

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Section: What Work Is Needed?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Behavioral Intervention Technologies: Evidence review and recommendations for future research in mental health

Mohr¹,

Burns²,

Schueller³

et al. 2013

General Hospital Psychiatry

614

441

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“…A model or a system which is not user-friendly is unlikely to survive in the long run. Thus, usability of a system is about solving the question: How do you help your users succeed within the context of achieving your own business or organisation goals (Brinck et al, 2001)? Usability basically refers to how easy it is for users to learn a system, how efficiently they can use it once they have learned it, and how pleasant it is to use (Honold, 2000).…”

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“…However, there is general agreement that a usable web interface is one that is accessible, appealing, consistent, clear, simple, navigable, and forgiving of user mistakes. Brinck et al (2001) have shown that people cannot find the information they seek on websites about 60% of the time. This leads to wasted time, reduced productivity, increased frustration, and loss of repeat visits and money.…”

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Effect of font size, italics, and colour count on web usability

Bhatia

Samal

Rajan

et al. 2011

IJCVR

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Web usability measures the ease of use of a website. This study attempts to find the effect of three factors – font size, italics, and colour count – on web usability. The study was performed using a set of tasks and developing a survey questionnaire. We performed the study using a set of human subjects, selected from the undergraduate students taking courses in psychology. The data computed from the tasks and survey questionnaire were statistically analysed to find if there was any effect of font size, italics, and colour count on the three web usability dimensions. We found that for the student population considered, there was no significant effect of font size on usability. However, the manipulation of italics and colour count did influence some aspects of usability. The subjects performed better for pages with no italics and high italics compared to moderate italics. The subjects rated the pages that contained only one colour higher than the web pages with four or six colours. This research will help web developers better understand the effect of font size, italics, and colour count on web usability in general, and for young adults, in particular.

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