Timothy Bickmore
Biographic Data
| ID | 328988 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Timothy Bickmore |
| GIVEN NAMES | Timothy |
| FAMILY NAME | Bickmore |
| SIGNATURE | BICKMORE T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northeastern University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2676-9788 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Neighborhood context shapes physical activity intervention outcomes
Neighborhood conditions are key social determinants of health (SDOH) that play a critical role in healthy aging. Incorporating contextual measures into behavioral medicine interventions is essential for creating adaptable, equity-focused health solutions. Yet, few physical activity (PA) interventions explicitly evaluate how these factors influence effectiveness. We conducted a secondary analysis of the Computerized Physical Activity Support for S…
Church after Sunday
Community + Culture features practitioner perspectives on designing technologies for and with communities. We highlight compelling projects and provocative points of view that speak to both community technology practice and the interaction design field as a whole. --- Sheena Erete, Editor
Black Men's Experiences With Health care
Black men have the highest age-adjusted death rate of any major race-gender group in America. Understanding their perceived barriers to accessing health care may benefit future interventions working to increase Black men's health care engagement. Data collected from focus groups of Black men( N = 67), key informant interviews( N = 12), and interviews( N = 5) with participants who pilot tested an online health education system (called "Gabe") were…
Designing and Evaluating a Digital Family Health History Tool for Spanish Speakers
Digital family health history tools have been developed but few have been tested with non-English speakers and evaluated for acceptability and usability. This study describes the cultural and linguistic adaptation and evaluation of a family health history tool (VICKY: VIrtual Counselor for Knowing Your Family History) for Spanish speakers. In-depth interviews were conducted with 56 Spanish-speaking participants; a subset of 30 also participated i…
Use of an Interactive Computer Agent to Support Breastfeeding
Spoken Language Processing
We introduce a novel approach for automatically generating a virtual instructor from textual input only. Our fully implemented system first analyzes the rhetorical structure of the input text and then creates various questionanswer pairs using patterns. These patterns have been derived from correlations found between rhetorical structure of monologue texts and question-answer pairs in the corresponding dialogues. A selection of the candidate pair…
The future of preconception care
Establishing and maintaining long-term human-computer relationships
This research investigates the meaning of “human-computer relationship” and presents techniques for constructing, maintaining, and evaluating such relationships, based on research in social psychology, sociolinguistics, communication and other social sciences. Contexts in which relationships are particularly important are described, together with specific benefits (like trust) and task outcomes (like improved learning) known to be associated with…
Black Men's Experiences With Health care
Black men have the highest age-adjusted death rate of any major race-gender group in America. Understanding their perceived barriers to accessing health care may benefit future interventions working to increase Black men's health care engagement. Data collected from focus groups of Black men( N = 67), key informant interviews( N = 12), and interviews( N = 5) with participants who pilot tested an online health education system (called "Gabe") were…
Establishing and maintaining long-term human-computer relationships
This research investigates the meaning of “human-computer relationship” and presents techniques for constructing, maintaining, and evaluating such relationships, based on research in social psychology, sociolinguistics, communication and other social sciences. Contexts in which relationships are particularly important are described, together with specific benefits (like trust) and task outcomes (like improved learning) known to be associated with…
The future of preconception care
Spoken Language Processing
We introduce a novel approach for automatically generating a virtual instructor from textual input only. Our fully implemented system first analyzes the rhetorical structure of the input text and then creates various questionanswer pairs using patterns. These patterns have been derived from correlations found between rhetorical structure of monologue texts and question-answer pairs in the corresponding dialogues. A selection of the candidate pair…
Use of an Interactive Computer Agent to Support Breastfeeding
Designing and Evaluating a Digital Family Health History Tool for Spanish Speakers
Digital family health history tools have been developed but few have been tested with non-English speakers and evaluated for acceptability and usability. This study describes the cultural and linguistic adaptation and evaluation of a family health history tool (VICKY: VIrtual Counselor for Knowing Your Family History) for Spanish speakers. In-depth interviews were conducted with 56 Spanish-speaking participants; a subset of 30 also participated i…
Black Men's Experiences With Health care
Black men have the highest age-adjusted death rate of any major race-gender group in America. Understanding their perceived barriers to accessing health care may benefit future interventions working to increase Black men's health care engagement. Data collected from focus groups of Black men( N = 67), key informant interviews( N = 12), and interviews( N = 5) with participants who pilot tested an online health education system (called "Gabe") were…
Church after Sunday
Community + Culture features practitioner perspectives on designing technologies for and with communities. We highlight compelling projects and provocative points of view that speak to both community technology practice and the interaction design field as a whole. --- Sheena Erete, Editor
Neighborhood context shapes physical activity intervention outcomes
Neighborhood conditions are key social determinants of health (SDOH) that play a critical role in healthy aging. Incorporating contextual measures into behavioral medicine interventions is essential for creating adaptable, equity-focused health solutions. Yet, few physical activity (PA) interventions explicitly evaluate how these factors influence effectiveness. We conducted a secondary analysis of the Computerized Physical Activity Support for S…
Psychology (5 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Intervention (counseling (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Psychological intervention (2 works) · Public health (2 works) · Randomized controlled trial (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)