Basics of qualitative research: Grounded theory procedures and techniques

Mind, Self and Society from the Standpoint of a Social Behaviorist

“WHAT can men do, what do they do, and what do they want to do ?”—these are the uestions that Prof. Thorndike seeks to answer in a very comprehensive and elaborate treatise. His undertaking is inspired by the belief that man has the possibility of almost complete control of his fate if only he will be guided by science, and that his failures are attributable to ignorance or folly. The main approach is through biological psychology, but all the social sciences are appealed to and utilized in an effort to deal with the human problem as a whole. The relative immaturity of the sciences dealing with man is continually stressed, but it is claimed that they provide a body of facts and principles which are “far above zero knowledge”, and that even now they are capable of affording valuable guidance in the shaping of public policy. Human Nature and the Social Order By E. L. Thorndike. Pp. xx + 1020. (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1940.) 18s. net.

Human Nature and the Social Order

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Methodological Review: Healthcare in the pocket: Mapping the space of mobile-phone health interventions

In the recent years, the number of individuals engaged in self-care of chronic diseases has grown exponentially. Advances in computing technologies help individuals with chronic diseases collect unprecedented volumes of health-related data. However, engaging in reflective analysis of the collected data may be challenging for the untrained individuals. We present MAHI, a health monitoring application that assists newly diagnosed individuals with diabetes in acquiring and developing reflective thinking skills through social interaction with diabetes educators. The deployment study with twenty five newly diagnosed individuals with diabetes demonstrated that MAHI significantly contributed to individuals' achievement of their diabetes management goals (changing diet). More importantly, MAHI inspired individuals to adopt Internal Locus of Control, which often leads to persistent engagement in self-care and positive health outcomes.

MAHI: investigation of social scaffolding for reflective thinking in diabetes management

The continuing epidemics of diabetes and obesity create much need for information technologies that can help individuals engage in proactive health management. Yet many of these technologies focus on such pragmatic issues as collecting and presenting health information and modifying individuals' behavior. At the same time, researchers in clinical community argue that individuals' perception of their identity has dramatic consequences for their health behaviors. In this paper we discuss results of a deployment study of a mobile health monitoring application. We show how individuals with considerable diabetes experience found a unique way to adopt this health-monitoring application to construct and negotiate their identities as persons with a chronic disease. We argue that viewing health management from identity construction perspective opens new opportunities for research and design in technologies for health.

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Constructing identities through storytelling in diabetes management

A method comprises generating at least two input events in response to at least two contacts made by pointers on an interactive surface at a location corresponding to at least one graphical object; determining a pointer contact type associated with the at least two input events; determining the number of graphical objects selected; identifying a gesture based on the movement of the pointers; identifying a manipulation based on pointer contact type, number of graphical objects selected, movement of the pointers, and graphical object type; and performing the manipulation on the at least one graphical object.

Daniel Greenblatt

Papers

MAHI: investigation of social scaffolding for reflective thinking in diabetes management

Constructing identities through storytelling in diabetes management

Method for manipulating a graphical object and an interactive input system employing the same