1. Developing Health
Technology for Children and
their Families
Brandon S.Aylward, Ph.D., & Timothy D. Nelson, Ph.D.
baylwar@emory.edu
@BrandonAylward

3. PLANNNING
DISSEMINATION
Aylward
&
Nelson,
under
review;
Aylward,
Cushing,
&
Nelson,
2014

10. DISSEMINATION

14. for
Pediatric Technologies
7

15. Tip
#
1
“Children are not simply
little adults”

16. Developmental stages need to be
considered
Tip
#
2

17. Tip
#
2
3 years
Developmental stages need to be
considered

18. Tip
#
3
Functionality should accommodate
child-level skills
Source:
User
Intelligen

19. Teenagers love technology….
Tip
#
4

20. Just don’t ask too many questions!
Tip
#
4

21. Tip
#
5
Integrate behavioral change methods into
design & functionality

22. Tip
#
5
Children respond well to incentives….

23. Tip
#
6
More pictures, less words
meaning
#
words

24. Tip
#
6
meaning
#
words
Less is More

25. Tip
#
7
Use developmentally appropriate language

26. “If we as health care providers do not think like
designers, we will fail in our mission to serve our
patients”
-Joyce Lee, MD, MPH

27. Acknowledgements
@Peds_Tech
INSTITUTIONALCORPORATE

28. Thank You!
@BrandonAylward