My child : persuasive mobile based approach to enhance children’s health

Abstract

The purpose of this project was to develop a native Android application called My Child, for the user to manage the information of the child’s health and development and monitor the growth of the child since birth. The parent could keep on updating the records and track the progress of their child’s growth through medication, milestones and vaccination logs. The application was also developed with report generation and vaccination due to reminder functionalities. The approved immunization schedule in Sri Lanka was selected to be the default vaccine schedule of the application because the main target audience of the system was Sri Lankan parents. Since there is no such facility at the moment for Sri Lankan parents to track their child’s well-being, this application was expected to fill that gap. The application was developed using Android SDK and various other open libraries. Android API 19 and above versions are supported by the application. This is a major tool for every parent who wants to track continuously updated facts about their child’s health and well-being.