When considering how to design medical devices considering the needs of the patient and hospital staff may seem sufficient. Hospitalized infants are patients who cannot speak or advocate for their needs; the parents and the hospital staff caring for infant patients have different roles that together are integral to an infant’s recovery. Figure 1 shows how mothers, nurses, and infants form a system of care to promote infant patient healing. In particular caregiver behaviors such as kangaroo care (KC), are dependent upon the involvement of family. KC, defined as bare skin-to-skin contact between an infant and an adult caregiver, is usually done chest-to-chest. The design of wearables for the caregivers holding the infant patient can make KC easier and be part of wearable medical device design that improves infant patient outcomes.
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2018 Design of Medical Devices Conference
April 9–12, 2018
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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978-0-7918-4078-8
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Contextual Design Theory Applied to Wearables That Facilitate Kangaroo Care by Interviewing Mothers of Hospitalized Infants
Abigail R. Clarke-Sather,
Abigail R. Clarke-Sather
University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN
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Catherine Maloney,
Catherine Maloney
University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN
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Hannah Young
Hannah Young
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
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Abigail R. Clarke-Sather
University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN
Kelly Cobb
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Catherine Maloney
University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN
Hannah Young
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
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DMD2018-6915, V001T10A009; 5 pages
Published Online:
June 14, 2018
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Clarke-Sather, AR, Cobb, K, Maloney, C, & Young, H. "Contextual Design Theory Applied to Wearables That Facilitate Kangaroo Care by Interviewing Mothers of Hospitalized Infants." Proceedings of the 2018 Design of Medical Devices Conference. 2018 Design of Medical Devices Conference. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. April 9–12, 2018. V001T10A009. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/DMD2018-6915
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