What Chinese Women Seek in Mental Health Apps: Insights from Analyzing Xiaohongshu User Posts during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Healthcare, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 12(13), С. 1297 - 1297

Опубликована: Июнь 28, 2024

Gender disparity poses a prominent obstacle to achieving effective mental health outcomes in digital healthcare. Despite women being more inclined use apps and seeking designs tailored their specific needs, there is limited research on the factors influencing female users’ engagement with these apps. The COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated its disproportionate impact women’s health. This study investigates posts (n = 5538) about during pandemic, using data collected via Python web crawler from Xiaohongshu, popular female-centric social media platform China. A mixed-methods approach used qualitative thematic analysis quantitative descriptive statistics. Among posts, therapeutic functionality emerged as highest priority, followed by credibility user experience, design elements highlighted particularly significant. These findings provide valuable insights for researchers developers, including you, aiming create gender-tailored mobile solutions address challenges faced women, especially future pandemics.

Язык: Английский

Engaging communities in the planning process: Conducting formative research for a web-based food distribution platform in a post-disaster setting

Journal of Emergency Management, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 23(2), С. 235 - 251

Опубликована: Март 14, 2024

As natural hazards amplify the persistence of food insecurity, demand for evidence-informed interventions that increase resilience is needed. Developing a decentralized web-based platform to mobilize healthy options in disaster-affected neighborhoods, designed use real-time crowdsourced information, can help identify vulnerable populations and prioritize areas need. A survey was administered using constructs from Health Belief Model Technology Accessibility Model, engaging Hillsborough County residents design thinking process gauge community acceptance technology-based intervention during large-scale disaster. Identifying barriers, wants, needs various population segments allows more inclusive strategies developing emergency management interventions. Results validated high likelihood technology disasters, with 90.9 percent respondents indicating they would likely delivery service disasters. Respondents had levels perceived self-efficacy ease moderate usefulness threats. majority (81.4 percent) agree helps connect them their community, 83.6 agreeing internet be useful helping 70.2 feel comfortable ordering groceries online Whereas Hispanic higher threats; however, due barriers were less platform. By incorporating disaster practices planning process, local governmental nongovernmental organizations develop comprehensive plans communities prepare for, respond to, recover

Язык: Английский