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A BRIEF PROJECT OVERVIEW
Customised,
in-time access to information impacts significantly
on the ability of women with breast cancer to make
health and lifestyle decisions. Although there is
now a plethora of information resources available
online for women with breast cancer and their families,
research indicates dissatisfaction with its timeliness,
relevance, format and quality. Information and decision
support needs vary according to disease stage, education,
age, location and ethnicity, however the resources
are most often designed for a homogenous mass audience.
This
project addresses this issue by analysing the
diverse information needs of women with breast
cancer and their families and by assessing and
describing existing online resources in user-aware
ways. The project has designed and prototyped
a web-based user-sensitive portal capable of matching
user-aware resource descriptions and user needs
profiles to provide differentiated access to breast
cancer knowledge online. Phase 2 will further extend
the user-awareness aspects of the prototype. |
