PC Prep Kit

Project Description

Peace Corps is looking to design a mobile app that will aid the Volunteer in sustaining life-saving malaria prevention tactics over their 2+ years of service. This includes sustained use of preventive meds, wearing of protective clothing and sleeping under a bed net.

The hope is to use the latest thinking in using technology to influence behavior to provide assistance to the 1,000’s of Peace Corps Volunteers serving in Malaria endemic regions of the world. We are interested in experimenting with all possible options including gamification, social sharing, and tracking within a mobile application.

Participants will be presented with two recent studies conducted by the CDC pertaining to use of preventative tactics by volunteers and their reasons for compliance or non-compliance. Participants will also be given access to experts at Peace Corps, State Dept. and the CDC to help understand the science of Malaria prevention and the findings of the recent research.

Initial Features

1. Info Kit
2. Stages

• Intro
• Malaria 101
• Medication & Labels
• Peace Corps Policies

Development Environment

Language: Node.js, Express framework (JavaScript) Angular 4 (SCSS, TypeScript, HTML) Mocha, Supertest, Should.js (Backend Testing) Jasmine, Karma (Angular Testing) MySQL + Sequalize ORM ESLint and TSLint (Linting tools)

Level of Difficulty: Medium to High

Repo

PC Prep Kit

Project ideas

• Completing the Prevention Methods Stage
• Completing Food Security/ Partnership Stage
• Expand Doctor Chat
  • Making it more robust
  • Adding more interaction to it in addition to symptoms and medication
• UI Improvements (to match with Peace Corps guidelines)
• Complete the Policy Check and Add a Certificate at the end of Course Completion
• Expand the Info Toolkit (create animations and transitions when a tool is earned)
• Animations/Transitions need to be added to each game element in each stage
• More levels of gamification
  • To teach about Malaria

Note: The ideas are in the descending order of priority.

Resources for information

• About Peace Corps
• About Malaria
• Food Security
• Partnership with President's Malaria Initiative

You can look for more information on the Peace Corps website.

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