3 papers
cs.HC2026
SPIRIT: A Design Framework To Support Technology Interventions for Spiritual Care Within and Beyond the Clinic
C. Estelle Smith, Alemitu Bezabih, Shadi Nourriz +1
Despite its importance for well-being, spiritual care remains under-explored in HCI, while the adoption of technology in clinical spiritual care lags behind other healthcare fields…
cs.HC2025
Meeting Patients Where They're At: Toward the Expansion of Chaplaincy Care into Online Spiritual Care Communities
Alemitu Bezabih, Shadi Nourriz, Anne-Marie Snider +3
Despite a growing need for spiritual care in the US, it is often under-served, inaccessible, or misunderstood, while almost no prior work in CSCW/HCI research has engaged with prof…
cs.HC2024
Toward LLM-Powered Social Robots for Supporting Sensitive Disclosures of Stigmatized Health Conditions
Alemitu Bezabih, Shadi Nourriz, C. Estelle Smith
Disclosing sensitive health conditions offers significant benefits at both individual and societal levels. However, patients often face challenges due to concerns about stigma. The…