Prenatal Nutritionist Presented By: Michael Roth Paul Capriolo Rebecca Kadushin

Requirements Hardware: PDA- for running software PC- if you wish to upload data from PDA USB Port/Cable – to connect PDA to PC Internet Connection: An Internet connection is necessary for the transmittal of data between either the PDA and the Doctor or the PC and the Doctor. Note that an Internet connection is not necessary to run the software, only for sending data.

Transfer Screenshots Network Connection required to transfer data Verification that data has been transmitted

Intended Users Pregnant women Any range of computer skills Any age, weight, height, health status, medical problems, athletic ability Any stage of pregnancy Spouses, Friends, Family (of pregnant women) Desire to aid woman during pregnancy

Users are familiar with paper forms – very similar Easy To Use Interface Users are familiar with paper forms – very similar Easy to select desired data

Usability Test Consisted of ten (0xA) tasks In order of increased difficulty Was tested on young and mature adult women Results found both logical and technical errors Tested all aspects of user interface Entering contact information Entering food, exercise Uploading data to PC, send it to doctor Getting meal suggestions and checking risks prior to meals

Usability testing resulted in many efficient changes Old vs. Revised Usability testing resulted in many efficient changes

Conclusions and Future Work If completed, we foresee great potential in providing a new type of aid for prenatal care that is currently unavailable. Future work should include… Database backend Dynamic graphs (need the database to implement) Small PC script for uploading data onto PC and viewing the charts and graphs

Database necessary to make food/exercise graphs functional Functional Graphs Database necessary to make food/exercise graphs functional

Thank You Thanks to Dr. Shneiderman and Georg Apitz for their support. Additional thanks to all those who reviewed and tested our software and report. We received great feedback!