Conference Workshop Design for Digital Health Interventions DDHI-2023

As the world transitions into the information age, incorporating Digital Health Interventions (DHIs) for well-being and health promotion is becoming commonplace. Implementing DHIs in daily living settings offers the opportunity to reach specific target groups at lower implementation costs, promote health, and improve people’s well-being. Well-being is a part of a more holistic definition of health. According to the World Health Organization, it is

“a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”.

Health promotion enables people to increase control over their health and its determinants, thereby improving their health.

Studies highlighted the low effectiveness of DHI and low engagement of people, which requires attention to the design practices for DHI. The current DHI design practices require multidisciplinary collaboration. Theoretical knowledge of health psychology and well-being (e.g., theories of health, well-being, and behaviour modification) can contribute to DHI design. At the same time, understanding methodologies of interaction design, the design of interactive behaviour of digital products, user experience design, and visual design can play a vital role in the success of DHI. The right planned and implemented design can enrich DHI’s affordances and grow their quality to upper levels.

The aim of the workshop is to foster discussion related to design-related issues, approaches, and practices for designing DHI, which can bring together practitioners and researchers from interaction design, user experience design, service design, health sciences, psychology, and other relevant disciplines. The researchers will present their work and receive feedback from their peers. The workshop targets promoting collaboration and networking among design and health professionals, sharing the results of their studies and best practices used in research and development.

This DDHI-2023 workshop invites contributions that seek to advance and innovate in the current design practices of DHI, such as new frameworks, DHI design guidelines, methods of monitoring behavioural and psychological status, and consideration of potential ethical issues.