1. 1 Malnutrition Awareness Program [Among Schools in Rathmalana Area] Kalhari Perera

2. Project of Faculty of Science, University of Colombo 2 In collaboration with Ministry of Education Sponsored by Glaxo Smith Kline

3. 3 Prevalent in Sri Lanka. School children are not following a healthy lifestyle. No enough attention to the health. No proper exercises. Excess intake of junk foods. Unawareness of Body Mass Index. Malnutrition 2

4. Identify causes and factors that affect awareness on malnutrition Increase awareness in effective manner Guide school children towards healthy diets and a healthy life style Form Health club 4 Objectives

5. 1.Feasibility 2.Software development 3.Visit schools, data collection and survey 4.Create awareness through leaflets and lessons 5.Conduct workshop 5 How we carried out ?

6. Prepare the project plan Meet stake holders Visit schools Weera Puran Appu Maha Vidyalaya Princess of wales college Presbyterian Girls’ school Kothalawalapura Maha Vidyalaya 6 1.Feasibility study

7. BMI calculation and maintain a proper database Generate reports on nutritional level Generate progressive reports 7 2.Software Development

8. Arrange Materials Visit schools Form the health clubs Conduct awareness program at classes Collect data and enter to database 8 3.School visits, Data collection and Data entry

9. Leaflets Booklet 9 4. Awareness through leaflets and a booklet

10. Organized to educate students of health clubs Lectures on malnutrition Various students activities 10 5.The workshop

11. Development of the software to maintain a proper database at selected schools Awareness Formed a health club 11 Outcomes

12. Team work Leadership Work with cooperate sector Report preparation and presentation skills 12 What for us?

13. Java™ Platform, Standard Edition 6 API Specification http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/ Accessed September 2012 http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/ “Growth reference 5-19 years” World Health Organization http://www.who.int/growthref/who2007_bmi_for_age/en/ Accessed September 2012 http://www.who.int/growthref/who2007_bmi_for_age/en/ “Designing a Swing GUI in NetBeans IDE” NetBeans IDE http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/java/quickstart-gui.html Accessed September 2012 http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/java/quickstart-gui.html “iReport Documentation & Tutorials” iReport for JasperReports http://ireport.sourceforge.net/manual0.2.0.html#1.0 Accessed October 2012 http://ireport.sourceforge.net/manual0.2.0.html#1.0 Food based dietary guide lines for Sri Lanka (a publication by ministry of health) Prathamika anshaye guruwarun sadaha athireka kiyawwm potha. (a publication by ministry of education) SPSS Statistics http://www-01.ibm.com/software/analytics/spss/products/statistics/ Accessed December 2012http://www-01.ibm.com/software/analytics/spss/products/statistics/ 13 Reference

14.  Former Dean of Faculty of Science: Prof. T.R.Ariyarathne  Former Career Guidance Unit Director : Prof. Preethi Udagama  Career guidance Unit Director : Dr. Deepthi Wickramasinghe  Academic mentors : Dr. S.M.W.Ranwala, Dr. H.S.Kathriarachchi, Dr. C.M. Hettiarachchi  Glaxo Smith Kline HR Director : Mrs. Kumudini Welmillage,  Glaxo Smith Kline HR Manager : Mrs. Nirupa Wijerathne  Director of School Health and Nutrition branch, Ministry of Education : Mrs. Renuka Peiris  Prof. V. Pujitha Wickramasinghe  Career guidance unit staff 14 Acknowledgement

15. THANK YOU!!!! 15