Abstract
This paper describes an Android mobile app we developed to simplify the shopping experience of participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), which provides low-income families vouchers to purchase life-stage appropriate, nutritious foods. Our app helps alleviate the tedious and error-prone use of paper WIC vouchers by allowing participants to scan food items in the store and automatically identify if an item (including its size and quantity) is authorized for the enrolled WIC participant. In addition to serving as a shopping tool, the app also provides a platform for nutrition education through healthy tip push notifications and a gallery of easy-to-fix snack recipes that are tailored for WIC participant shopping choices and other racial/ethnic patterns in dietary preferences. This paper explains the key domain and technical challenges we faced when creating our Android app and describes how we overcame these challenges by applying data normalization, software patterns, and Agile development methods.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | MobileDeLi 2014 - Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Mobile Development Lifecycle, Part of SPLASH 2014 |
Pages | 9-16 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450321907 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 21 2014 |
Event | 2nd International Workshop on Mobile Development Lifecycle, MobileDeLi 2014 - Portland, United States Duration: Oct 21 2014 → Oct 21 2014 |
Publication series
Name | MobileDeLi 2014 - Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Mobile Development Lifecycle, Part of SPLASH 2014 |
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Conference
Conference | 2nd International Workshop on Mobile Development Lifecycle, MobileDeLi 2014 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Portland |
Period | 10/21/14 → 10/21/14 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:Copyright © 2014 ACM.
Keywords
- Agile
- Android
- Data analysis
- Data normalization
- Mobile app
- Open mhealth
- Software design patterns
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Networks and Communications