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Human-Centered Design of an mHealth Tool for Optimizing HIV Index Testing in Wartime Ukraine: Formative Research Case Study

Human-Centered Design of an mHealth Tool for Optimizing HIV Index Testing in Wartime Ukraine: Formative Research Case Study

Human-Centered Design of an mHealth Tool for Optimizing HIV Index Testing in Wartime Ukraine: Formative Research Case Study

Nancy Puttkammer   1 , MPH, PhD ;   Elizabeth Dunbar   1, 2 , PhD ;   Myroslava Germanovych   3 , MA ;   Mariia Rosol   3 , MA ;   Matthew Golden   4, 5 , MPH, MD ;   Anna Hubashova   3 , BA ;   Vladyslav Fedorchenko   3 , MD ;   Larisa Hetman   3 , MPA, MD ;   Liudmyla Legkostup   3 , MS ;   Jan Flowers   1, 6 , BS, MS ;   Olena Nesterova   3 , MD

1 Digital Initiatives Group at I-TECH, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

2 Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

3 The State Institution «Public Health Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine», Kyiv, Ukraine

4 Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

5 STD Control Program, Public Health Seattle King County, Public Health Seattle King County, Seattle, WA, United States

6 Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Informatics Department, School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Nancy Puttkammer, MPH, PhD
  • Digital Initiatives Group at I-TECH
  • Department of Global Health
  • University of Washington
  • 325 Ninth Ave, Box # 359932
  • Seattle, WA, 98104
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 206 616 5139
  • Email: nputt@uw.edu