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Human Centered Design

As technology expands to dominate our use of time at work, at home, in schools and hospitals, in the global economy, and in military applications, the need for human centered design expands even more urgently. The BOHSI reports below document in myriad contexts that considering user needs, capabilities, and limitations from the design phase results in superior equipment, as well as systems, that better serve the people who use them.

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	Consumer Health Information Technology in the Home: A Guide for Human Factors Design Considerations (BOHSI) 2011 Every day, in households across the country, people engage in behavior to improve their current health, recover from disease and injury, or cope with chronic, debilitating conditions. Innovative... Read more

	Health Care Comes Home: The Human Factors (BOHSI) 2011 In the United States, health care devices, technologies, and practices are rapidly moving into the home. The factors driving this migration include the costs of health care, the growing numbers of... Read more

	Sociocultural Data to Accomplish Department of Defense Missions: Toward a Unified Social Framework: Workshop Summary (BOHSI) 2011 Sociocultural Data to Accomplish Department of Defense Missions: Toward a Unified Social Framework summarizes presentations and discussions that took place on August 16-17, 2010, at a National... Read more

	The Role of Human Factors in Home Health Care:Workshop Summary (BOHSI) 2010 The rapid growth of home health care has raised many unsolved issues and will have consequences that are far too broad for any one group to analyze in their entirety. Yet a major influence on the... Read more

	Human-System Integration in the System Development Process: A New Look (BOHSI) 2007 In April 1991 BusinessWeek ran a cover story entitled, I Can't Work This ?#!!@ Thing, about the difficulties many people have with consumer products, such as cell phones and VCRs. More than 15 years... Read more

	Interfaces for Ground and Air Military Robots: Workshop Summary (BOHSI) 2005 Read more

	The Future of Air Traffic Control:Human Operators and Automation (BOHSI) 1998 Automation in air traffic control may increase efficiency, but it also raises questions about adequate human control over automated systems. Following on the panel's first volume on air traffic... Read more

	The Case For Human Factors in Industry and Government:Report of a Workshop (BOHSI) 1997 Read more

	Flight to the Future:Human Factors in Air Traffic Control (BOHSI) 1997 Despite the strong safety record of the national airspace system, serious disruptions occasionally occur, often as a result of outdated or failed equipment. Under these circumstances, safety relies on... Read more

	Tactical Display for Soldiers:Human Factors Considerations (BOHSI) 1997 This book examines the human factors issues associated with the development, testing, and implementation of helmet-mounted display technology in the 21st Century Land Warrior System.Because the... Read more

	Safe, Comfortable, Attractive, and Easy to Use:Improving the Usability of Home Medical Devices (BOHSI) 1996 Read more

	Emerging Needs and Opportunities for Human Factors Research (BOHSI) 1995 This book identifies areas that represent new needs and opportunities for human factors research in the coming decades. It is forward-looking, problem oriented, and selectively focused on national or... Read more

	Human Factors in the Design of Tactical Display Systems for the Individual Soldier (BOHSI) 1995 Read more

	Human Factors Research Needs for an Aging Population (BOHSI) 1990 This book describes the demographic, sociological, and ecological background of the aging society, identifies human factors problems associated with aging, summarizes currently relevant information,... Read more

	Human Factors Research and Nuclear Safety (BOHSI) 1988 Read more

	Ergonomic Models of Anthropometry, Human Biomechanics and Operator-Equipment Interfaces:Proceedings of a Workshop (BOHSI) 1988 Read more

	Human Factors in Automated and Robotic Space Systems:Proceedings of a Symposium (BOHSI) 1987 Read more

	Mental Models in Human-Computer Interaction:Research Issues About What the User of Software Knows (BOHSI) 1987 Read more

	Methods for Designing Software to Fit Human Needs and Capabilities:Proceedings of the Workshop on Software Human Factors (BOHSI) 1985 Read more

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