The Sweet Talk Project (Final Year Honours Project)
Overview
The aim of the project was to create a dynamic, interactive and factual website for educating, motivating and improving awareness about the importance of healthy eating and diet for teenagers with Type 1 diabetes.
With the aid of teenagers from across Tayside, a user-centered approach with continuous evaluation was adopted for this project to ensure the final outcome satisfied the needs of both the clients (staff from the NHS Tayside Paediatric Diabetes Team) and the teenagers. The evaluations demonstrated that the final website was of significant value, with the users reporting that they would visit it regularly once the website was live. Additionally, the design and implementation of the project allows the clients to manage and maintain the website beyond the lifetime of the project. The development is currently being finalised in order for it to be available on SCI-DC (Scottish Care Information - Diabetes Collaboration), a large portal which aims to deliver effective information technology solutions to diabetes services in NHS Scotland.
Project Details
- Client: NHS Tayside Paediatric Diabetes Team
- Status: Finalising Development
- Other Details:PHP, MySQL, CSS, JavaScript, Corel Paint Shop Pro X2. Strong focus on usability and accessibility. Cross-browser compatibility.
Notable Features
- HbA1c calculator/tracker - a tool allowing registered members to calculate their HbA1c by entering in their blood glucose reading, then have it plotted on a personal graph, created 'on-the-fly'.
- Recipe Section - Search, Add, Edit, Remove recipes (options available dependant on access privileges)
- 'Talk to your Dietitian' - allows registered members to send and receive messages to and from their dietitian. Notifications sent via email.
- Targets - dietitians can set individual targets for their patients
- Simple Content Management System - so clients can edit content with limited HTML knowledge and manage the different type of users and their actions.
- Simple Forum
- Healthy Eating Games
- StyleSheet Switcher, for website personalisation
The Sweet Talk Project Homepage
Example of 'Talk with your dietitian'
Example of HbA1c Graph
Example of Manage Users Page
Example of a Target