Designing for Adolescent Voice in Health Decisions: Embodied Conversational Agents for HPV Vaccination
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| author | Steenstra, Ian Patkar, Neha Perkins, Rebecca B. Paasche-Orlow, Michael K. Bickmore, Timothy |
| author_facet | Steenstra, Ian Patkar, Neha Perkins, Rebecca B. Paasche-Orlow, Michael K. Bickmore, Timothy |
| contents | Adolescents are directly affected by preventive health decisions such as vaccination, yet their perspectives are rarely solicited or supported. Most digital interventions for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination are designed exclusively for parents, implicitly treating adolescents as passive recipients rather than stakeholders with agency. We present the design and evaluation of a mobile intervention that gives adolescents a voice in HPV vaccination decisions alongside their parents. The system uses embodied conversational agents tailored to each audience: parents interact with an animated physician using education and motivational interviewing techniques, while adolescents can choose between an age-appropriate doctor or a narrative fantasy game that conveys HPV facts through play. We report findings from a clinic-based pilot study with 21 parent-adolescent dyads. Results indicate high satisfaction across both audiences, improved HPV knowledge, and increased intent to vaccinate. We discuss design implications for supporting adolescent participation, choice, and agency in decisions about their health. |
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| spellingShingle | Designing for Adolescent Voice in Health Decisions: Embodied Conversational Agents for HPV Vaccination Steenstra, Ian Patkar, Neha Perkins, Rebecca B. Paasche-Orlow, Michael K. Bickmore, Timothy Human-Computer Interaction Adolescents are directly affected by preventive health decisions such as vaccination, yet their perspectives are rarely solicited or supported. Most digital interventions for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination are designed exclusively for parents, implicitly treating adolescents as passive recipients rather than stakeholders with agency. We present the design and evaluation of a mobile intervention that gives adolescents a voice in HPV vaccination decisions alongside their parents. The system uses embodied conversational agents tailored to each audience: parents interact with an animated physician using education and motivational interviewing techniques, while adolescents can choose between an age-appropriate doctor or a narrative fantasy game that conveys HPV facts through play. We report findings from a clinic-based pilot study with 21 parent-adolescent dyads. Results indicate high satisfaction across both audiences, improved HPV knowledge, and increased intent to vaccinate. We discuss design implications for supporting adolescent participation, choice, and agency in decisions about their health. |
| title | Designing for Adolescent Voice in Health Decisions: Embodied Conversational Agents for HPV Vaccination |
| topic | Human-Computer Interaction |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.05321 |