Over half of Syrian refugee households in Lebanon are food insecure with some reliant on an electronic voucher system for food aid. The interplay between the digitization of food aid, within the socio-technical context of refugees, and community …
Social connectedness in later life is an important dimension of an age-friendly community, with associated implications for individual health and wellbeing. In contrast with prior efforts focusing on connections at a distance or online communities …
This article details the development of a live design research project working with people who are bereaved, people are living with dementia and people who are approaching end of life. The project aims to support people to continue bonds with others …
Background: Lebanon currently hosts around one million Syrian refugees. There has been an increasing interest in integrating eHealth and mHealth technologies into the provision of primary healthcare to refugees and Lebanese citizens.
Objective: We …
Blind people face significant challenges when using smartphones. The focus on improving non-visual mobile accessibility has been at the level of touchscreen access. Our research investigates the challenges faced by blind people in their everyday …
The value of data in supporting citizen participation in processes of place-making and community building is widely recognised. While the open data movement now permits citizens to acquire governmental data relating to their communities, little to no …
Over the last decade there have been numerous studies on touchscreen typing by blind people. However, there are no reports about blind users’ everyday typing performance and how it relates to laboratory settings. We conducted a longitudinal study …