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Information Design Journal
Vol. 28:2 (2023) ► pp.115–140

Design of tailored asthma control status infographics

ORCID logo | University of San Diego,
| Mavyn
ORCID logo | Columbia University,
Infographics tailored with patients’ own health data are increasingly being used to support comprehension of health status, particularly among patients with limited health literacy. However, best practices for this type of health communication are still emerging and little is known about how some types of health data can be optimally displayed. We used an iterative participatory design process to design tailored infographics to present subjective and objective measures of asthma control status to adult patients in English and Spanish. Here, we document our design journey, reporting on the rationale for our design choices and the successes and lessons learned during the project.
Keywords: health literacy, health communication, patient education, iterative participatory design, tailored infographics
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
    • 1.1Asthma control measures and patient education
  • 2.Related work and theoretical foundations
    • 2.1Patient-facing visualizations for asthma
    • 2.2Theoretical foundations
    • 2.3Selected best practices
  • 3.The Case: Design of tailored asthma control status infographics
    • 3.1Design questions for motivating use case
    • 3.2Prior work
    • 3.3Study overview
    • 3.4Team
    • 3.5Research participants
  • 4.Outcomes and results of the phases
    • 4.1Phase 1: Initial concept sketches
      • 4.1.1Procedures
      • 4.1.2Design decisions and outcomes
    • 4.2Phase 2: Preliminary feedback
      • 4.2.1Methods
      • 4.2.2Results
    • 4.3Phase 3: Early prototyping
      • 4.3.1Procedures
      • 4.3.2Design decisions and outcomes
    • 4.4Phase 4: Iterative participatory design
      • 4.4.1Methods
      • 4.4.2Design decisions and results
    • 4.5Phase 5: Comprehension assessment
      • 4.5.1Methods
      • 4.5.2Results
  • 5.Discussion
    • 5.1Limitations
  • 6.Conclusion
    • 6.1Lessons learned
    • 6.2Closing
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
Published online: 31 August 2023
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https://doi.org/10.1075/idj.23004.arc
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