| dc.description.abstract | The government of Uganda through the Ministry of Health and other stakeholders are in efforts of strengthening information systems for nutrition, through data collection, management and dissemination. In these effortshealth centers at the regional level were used to carry-out nutrition assessments
and training to village health teams(VHTs) to extend the service to the families. The Ministry of health and other implementing partners are encouraging community based service delivery and this is being done by involving the VHTs in all services provided to the community. The VHTs work as the vocal people for the families
in the communities hence are able to idenify the needs of the communities.
The main objective of this study is to design and develop a mobile nutrition assessment and decision support systems for VHTs in Uganda to support them in nutrition assessment and giving families feeding recommendations.The study will use the available nutrition assessment data to design and develop a decision support system that supports proper feeding, manage follow-ups and referrals to avoid relapses among children who are enrolled in the nutrition clinic.In this thesis a Design Science Research Methodology (DSRM) was used to help us direction in coming up with an artefact.In addition, the user centered design approach was followed, to allow involvement of users throughout the design of the prototype.The project worked closely with the staff at the health center. Interviews and focus group discussions were applied to get
qualitative feedback.Furthermore, a prototype was demonstrated and the questionnaires distributed to get feedback on the designed prototype.A low and high fidelity prototype for nutrition assessment and decision
support has been developed to be used by VHTs and health facilities to manage nutrition and make real time decisions. | |
