@inproceedings{baeec417002e4bd5a00fc48ce2434404,
title = "CO-ALERT: A Tool for Personalizing COVID-19 Emergency Alert Messages to Support Older Adults",
abstract = "Older adults are more likely to die when infected with COVID-19. People aged 50 or older have a death rate of 30 to 220 times that of the 18 to 29 age group.Each country strives to lower the infection rate by quickly providing the public infectious disease information through emergency alert messages. However, existing emergency alerts messaging systems provide redundant precautions. Also, the National Emergency Alert (NEA) messages are sent through the base transceiver station, the area where the actual COVID-19 confirmed case occurred and the area where the message was received do not match. In this paper, we present CO-ALERT, a tool that effectively provides older adults aged 50 or older with NEA messages. We developed CO-ALERT through a design thinking process to suggest solutions that effectively address the needs of potential target users. User-friendly interfaces of CO-ALERT enable older adults to view NEA messages based on their preferences. We hope the findings of this study contribute to a deeper understanding of the experiences of older adults during COVID-19 pandemic.",
keywords = "COVID-19 pandamic, design thinking process, emergency alert message, older adults, warning",
author = "Minki Chun and Suin Gwak and Hyunggu Jung",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 ACM.; 5th Asian CHI Symposium 2021 ; Conference date: 07-05-2021 Through 08-05-2021",
year = "2021",
month = may,
day = "8",
doi = "10.1145/3429360.3468189",
language = "English",
series = "5th Asian CHI Symposium 2021",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery, Inc",
pages = "97--103",
editor = "Tedjasaputra, {Josh B.} and Samson, {Briane Paul V.} and Masitah Ghazali and Eunice Sari and Eunice Sari and Sayan Sarcar and Dilrukshi Gamage and Yohannes Kurniawan",
booktitle = "5th Asian CHI Symposium 2021",
}
