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Trauma-Informed Design: Leveraging Usability Heuristics on a Social Services Website.
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Journal of User Experience . May2024, Vol. 19 Issue 3, p123-138. 16p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Trauma-informed design and technology have been an important topic of discussion in the last 5 years in user experience. However, little exists to offer practical direction for practitioners applying trauma-informed approaches to websites, apps, and other digital tools. This paper shares an example of applying trauma-informed (TI) principles to a social service agency website in the United States using wellknown usability heuristics, which are principles used in interaction design to ensure usability. There appears to be a significant overlap between usability heuristics and TI principles; practitioners can use usability heuristics as a familiar foundation to make any design more traumainformed. This paper describes specific ways TI principles can be operationalized using usability heuristics to develop more user-friendly and trauma-informed websites. A case study in design shows how user experience professionals can be more trauma-informed in their work to better serve the general public or users who have experienced trauma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19313357
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of User Experience
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177938420