Interfaces for kids
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Abstract
Child healthcare is a major concern in developing as well as developed countries. There has been a paradigm shift in the medical sector from curative medicine to preventive healthcare. A major bulk of child development products and learning material is dedicated to assist learning about hygiene, sanitation, nutrition, etc. aimed at the same.
Existing methods of teaching predominantly include parent-child, teacher-child, and peer-peer communication. Of late, lifestyle changes have led to reduced interpersonal communication and interaction. Now kids spend more time with gadgets like cell phones, play stations, tablets, computers and televisions instead.
This gap in teaching-learning about healthcare can be bridged with the help of these devices, provided the interfaces are child friendly.
In this paper we seek to list out important parameters about interfaces for kids and brainstorm on ideas around improving child's behavior for basic issues like hygiene, sanitation, etc.
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