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Exploring Divergent Healthcare Practices and Emerging Technologies: A Focus on DIY Fecal Microbiota Transplants

Year: 2024

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: This project examines do-it-yourself (DIY) fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) through the lens of tactical technical communication and rhetoric of health and medicine. While research on microbiome-related interventions like FMT is nascent, patient communities are eager for additional treatment options, leading to the proliferation of online user-generated instructional artifacts for attempting DIY FMT without medical assistance or FDA approval. Simultaneously, generative AI is transforming the information ecologies in which patients engage with medical information and pursue health-related behaviors that align or diverge from approved practices. This project investigates these divergent healthcare practices enabled by user- and AI-generated content.

Source: ACM International Conference on Design of Communication (SIGDOC)

DOI: 10.1145/3641237.3691651

Author: Molly Kessler

Institution: University of Minnesota

Language: English

Topic: Health Literacy and Information Accessibility

Subfield: General Health Professions

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4403822528

FWCI: 7.622

Cites: 15

Cited by: 2

Related to: 10