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Patricia
Neafsey
Zoe Strickler
University of Connecticut
Communication
design for preventive health care:
preventing drug interactions in older adults
Preventing Drug Interactions in Older Adults, is an interdisciplinary study
to measure the extent to which an interactive learning software program
may reduce risk behaviors in adults aged 60 years and older. Older persons
are particularly vulnerable to harmful interactions among prescription medications,
over-the-counter drugs, and alcohol. The study is a collaboration between
communication designer Zoe Strickler, M. Des., and pharmacologist Dr. Patricia
Neafsey, Ph.D., at the University of Connecticut. The paper discusses methods
and theory from several disciplines (cognitive and educational psychology,
communication design, and gerontological nursing) used to conduct formative
research with older adults in order to design a program with features appropriate
for the age-related visual and physical impairments common in older adults.
The paper will address the role of designers in experimental research concerned
with behavioral change resulting from exposure to designed communications.
The project is funded by the Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical
Research Foundation.
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