Personal informatics (PI) systems are designed for diverse users in the real world. Even when these usable, people encounter barriers while engaging with them ways designers cannot anticipate, which impacts system's effectiveness. Although PI literature extensively reports such barriers, volume of this information can be overwhelming. Researchers and practitioners often find themselves repeated...

BACKGROUND Sufficient physical activity is important for solid organ transplant recipients (heart, lung, liver, kidney). However, recipients do not meet the recommended amount or required type of physical activity. The perceived barriers to and facilitators of physical activity in this population are largely unknown. METHODS Semi-structured in depth interviews were conducted with solid organ ...

Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of an educational program for improving medical event reporting attitude and behavior in the ambulatory care setting among graduate medical trainees. Design: One group preand post-test study. Setting: The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Family Medicine Residency Program. Participants: All family practice residents (n = 30). Int...

Introduction In addressing whether the procedure for obtaining abortions was operating equitably across Canada, the 1977 Badgley Report concluded that for many women, access to abortion was “practically illusory.” Sadly, although abortion on request became legally permissible for Canadian women in 1988, access to a safe and legal abortion remains practically illusory for many women today. A wom...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effectiveness of an educational program for improving medical event reporting attitude and behavior in the ambulatory care setting among graduate medical trainees. DESIGN One group pre- and post-test study. SETTING The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Family Medicine Residency Program. PARTICIPANTS All family practice residents (n = 30)....

Objective: To explore how pharmacists integrated the Chat, Check and Chart (CCC) tools in community practice and to identify barriers and facilitators to use. Design: Concurrent nested mixed-method study. Open-ended, semi-structured qualitative interviews on tools use and a quantitative survey were completed via telephone. Setting: Community-based pharmacy practice. Participants: 39 community p...

Understanding factors that influence health-seeking behaviour of migrants is necessary to intervene for behaviour change. This paper explores Filipino migrants' perceptions of facilitators and barriers to maintaining health in Australia. Open-ended survey item responses reflecting factors that assisted and hindered health following migration to Australia were inductively analysed. Three hundred...

AIM OF THE STUDY This study aimed at integrating research discussing the role of perceived psychosocial barriers in cervical cancer screening (CCS) uptake. In particular, we analyzed the evidence for the associations between CCS uptake and perceived psychosocial barriers and frequency of psychosocial barriers identified by women. MATERIAL AND METHODS A systematic search of peer-reviewed paper...