Carla V. Leite

University of Aveiro | UA · Division of New Communication Technologies

This paper describes the research design of an ongoing study that overlaps three main fields: technology, health, and social science. This transdisciplinarity approach naturally brings challenges to the methodological plan, which this paper presents, and aims to guide the creation, validation and evaluation of a digital decision aid, and its compar...

Purpose This research proposes a framework to guide the development and analysis of digital interventions, namely, through mobile applications, regarding labor and birth. By complying with current scientific evidence, this paper aims to contribute to the safeness and completeness of perinatal health education targeting expectant parents. Design/me...

In order to build knowledge and to make informed- decisions regarding childbirth, women need to gather information. Online resources can play a relevant role to its access, and health professionals can recommend, support and endorse it. The aim of this study is to understand the current state of e-health services for childbirth education provided b...

This research aims to provide an overview of the existent digital solutions for birth plans’ creation, intending to contribute for the advance of e-health services focused on the perinatal decision-making process. Primary data was found through a web search procedure. Better ranked options complying with the following criteria were included: (a) av...

Seeking a new way of looking at early childhood, the Cres(SER) project has been supported by the Regional Health Administration of the Centre, presenting an intervention that advocates child's emotional, social, cognitive and cultural development and stable growth since prenatal life, especially during the first three years. Digital media can play...

Revisão da literatura-Scopus e Web of Science; Criação de uma grelha de análise da presença online e identidade visual; Benchmarking de websites de projetos semelhantes; Identificação de boas práticas a aplicar no projeto; Reformulação da identidade visual do projeto com base nos resultados dessa análise. 1. Metodologia Seguem-se as principais etap...

The fast demographic ageing and technological progress are leading to a greater demand to develop digital solutions that can foster communication, information, and socialization of the elderly population. In the past decade, kiosks have been used to prevent digital exclusion and to promote the quality of life of this age group. This paper analyses...

The inherent demand for scientific production commonly leads us to rely on digital tools for the data analysis process, such as Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software. However, learning those tools can be challenging for researchers, especially since it is commonly an autonomous task. Taking that into account, webQDA software displays...

Smartphones and tablets have become essential tools in users’ daily life, as they include a whole range of digital services, enlarging the connection to the virtual world. Nonetheless, the use of these tools in the educational context, known as mobile learning, is still a recent and scarcely embraced practice. A 1-day MOOC (massive open online cour...

Poster presented on Educa&Care International Seminar: Educating Professionals to Enhance the Quality of Informal Caregiving

The world's scientific community is building the largest radio telescope ever imagined, with a total collection area of one square kilometre, i.e. a million square meters. This represents a huge technological advance, massive investment, and even greater opportunities. The radio astronomers will be able to monitor the sky with unprecedented detail,...

This paper analyses the role of the mobile phone as a second screen and simultaneously as a companion device for a bigger screen. It also describes in which ways the device may be leveraged to provide infotainment and improve the public knowledge related to audiovisual contents. The term audiovisual contents is used to refer to audiovisual creation...

Over the last few years, the television viewer has been assuming an ever increasingly active behaviour, creating new habits in face of television using the technology available. In this perspective, the mobile device has been playing a key role as second screen, into which the plot leaks or where complementary information is presented. The perfect...