Design Opportunities for Digital Men’s Health: An Exploratory Study Focusing on Football Fandom

Rooksby, J., Cecchinato, M. E., Asadzadeh, P., Philpott, M. and Bunn, C. (2020) Design Opportunities for Digital Men’s Health: An Exploratory Study Focusing on Football Fandom. In: 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS '20), 06-20 Jul 2020, pp. 1565-1577. ISBN 9781450369749 (doi: 10.1145/3357236.3395458)

Abstract

Many men stop exercising as they age, engage in risky be- haviours such as alcohol misuse, are reluctant to admit to mental health problems, and avoid seeking help. Men are generally hard to reach for community health interventions. However, interventions run at football clubs have successfully engaged men and have led to positive health outcomes. Mobile health technology might similarly be designed to engage and encourage men via connections with football. This technology could be used to augment and extend community programs, or be used to target global fan bases. However, it is not clear if and how what attracts men to community interventions can translate to technology. In this paper we report a design study with 18 middle-age male participants exploring what men find important in football, and connections between football, health and technology. We present five design opportunities to guide and prompt further innovation in this area.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Bunn, Dr Christopher and Rooksby, Dr John and Asadzadeh Birjandi, Dr Parvin
• Authors: Rooksby, J., Cecchinato, M. E., Asadzadeh, P., Philpott, M., and Bunn, C.
• Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General); T Technology > T Technology (General)
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Sociology Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences; College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
• ISBN: 9781450369749
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2020 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS '20): 1565-1577
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy

Project Code	Award No	Project Name	Principal Investigator	Funder's Name	Funder Ref	Lead Dept
304038		GetAMoveOn: transforming health through enabling mobility	Christopher Bunn	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)	N/A	S&PS - Institute of Health & Wellbeing (Social Sciences)