CREATE
Center for Research and Education on Aging and Technology Enhancement

Research activities

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CREATE conducts research on the applications of technology within three important domains:

  • Home
  • Work
  • Health

These research emphases build on:

  • Observations and input from consumers, business and industry, and our scientific advisory board
  • Identifiable needs, preferences, and problems
  • Government-recognized needs
  • Policy initiatives
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Summary of research programs and outcomes

Site Examples of
Practical Outcomes		 Examples of
Fundamental Knowledge
University of Miami
Investigators:
Sara J. Czaja & Joseph Sharit

Research Focus:
E-Health, Telework
  • Design Guidelines for Training Programs for Telecommuting
  • Identification of Barriers to Telework
  • Aids to Facilitate Internet Search
  • Guidelines to Improve Patient Preparedness and Patient-Physician Interactions
  • Parameters for Multimedia Instruction
  • Information Extraction Strategies
  • Perception and Attitudes of Telework
  • Information Search
  • Interactive Health Communication
  • Healthcare Intervention
Georgia Institute of Technology
Investigators:
Wendy Rogers & Arthur D. Fisk

Research Focus:
Design of Collaborative Systems
  • Taxonomy of In-home Support Needs
  • Guidelines for Technology Implementation and Acceptance
  • Design Specifications for Activity Monitoring Systems
  • Need-Perception and Need Disparities
  • Framework of Privacy Concerns
  • Parameters of Trust for Collaborative Systems
  • Principles for Display Design and Information Integration
Florida State University
Investigators:
Neil Charness

Research Focus:
Workstation Design, Telehealth
  • Ergonomic Design Guidelines for Telework
  • Techniques for Reducing Workload Demands in Technical Systems
  • Design Guidelines for Teleconferencing
  • Framework for Workstation Adaptation
  • Factors Affecting Work-Stress Relationships
  • Principles of Acceptability for Telehealth Applications
Across all sites
Investigators:
All Principal Investigators

Research Focus:
Technology Use Patterns, User Needs and Benefits
  • Guidelines for Intervention Strategies to Foster Technology Adoption
  • Relationships Among Experience, Perceived Needs, Perceived Benefits, Psychosocial Factors and Technology Use
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