Development and application of destigmatising design principles in sexual health-related technologies
department or school: Applied Science, Faculty of
department or school: Nursing, School of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Abdulai, Abdul-Fatawu
issued: 2024-01-31T08:00:00Z
issued: 2022
related degree: Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Background: Digital health technologies are increasingly used to support people living with sexual health-related conditions. Despite stigma being a major issue in sexual health, it is rarely considered in the design of health technologies. How stigma is understood and addressed in the context of digital health technologies remains under-explored. The objective of this dissertation was to develop design principles that would serve as a guide in designing destigmatising sexual health-related websites, and to determine how such principles might be applied. Methods and Results: This research consisted of four studies. 1) A scoping review focusing on studies that explored stigma in relation to the design and impact of sexual health-related web apps on stigma. This review revealed that digital health technologies for addressing stigma could inadvertently perpetuate stigma. 2) A usability and stigma analysis to understand patient perspectives on the usability of a newly developed website and the design of destigmatising websites. This study revealed that destigmatising design principles can be reflected in a trauma-informed care framework. 3) A Delphi study to develop a set of destigmatising design principles with experts in stigma and sexual health-related research, producing 19 items that were mostly emotional and content-related principles. And, 4) a qualitative descriptive study to examine software designers’ perceptions of the applicability of the design principles, which were considered to be important, but largely perceived to be beyond the scope of practice of software designers. Conclusion: The possibility of perpetuating stigma via digital health technologies indicates a need to develop technologies that could alleviate sexual health-related stigma, prevent re-traumatization, and promote emotionally safe user interactions. This research suggests that a trauma-informed care framework, complemented by user-centered design approaches, may help in designing destigma…
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note: DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF DESTIGMATISING DESIGN PRINCIPLES IN SEXUAL HEALTH-RELATED TECHNOLOGIES by Abdul-Fatawu Abdulai B.S.N., University of Ghana, 2012 M.Sc., UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, 2017 A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL STUDIES (Nursing) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) June 2022 © Abdul-Fatawu Abdulai, 2022 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, the dissertation entitled: Development and Application of Destigmatising Design Principles in Sexual Health-Related Technologies submitted by Abdul-Fatawu Abdulai in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Examining Committee: Leanne M. Currie, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, UBC Supervisor A. Fuchsia Howard, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, UBC Supervisory Committee Member Paul J. Yong, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, UBC Supervisory Committee Member Helen Brown, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, UBC University Examiner Lisa Nathan, Associate Professor, School of Information, UBC University Examiner iii Abstract Background: Digital health technologies are increasingly used to support people living with sexual health-related conditions. Despite stigma being a major issue in sexual health, it is rarely considered in the design of health technologies. How stigma is understood and addressed in the context of digital health technologies remains under-explored. The objective of this dissertation was to develop design principles that would serve as a guide in designing destigmatising sexual health-related websites, and to determine how such principles might be applied. Methods and Results: This research consisted of four studies. 1) A scoping review focusing on studies that expl…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2022-11
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0415384
language: eng
degree discipline: Nursing
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Currie, Leanne M.
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/81802