2015 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Hand-held Devices and Apps for Enhancing Nursing Training in Developing Countries
| Project/Area Number |
25330375
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| Research Institution | International University of Japan |
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Principal Investigator |
Rajasekera Jay 国際大学, その他の研究科, 教授 (80235788)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
森 淑江 群馬大学, 保健学研究科, 教授 (90150846)
Aung ZawZaw 国際大学, その他の研究科, 講師 (70614709) [Withdrawn]
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | Rural Nursing Care / Health Care Apps / m-health |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
The research involves design, develop, and testing an Android App to be used by nursing staff. Upto now these had been achieved: 1) Prototype App, called N+ (for Nursing plus) developed, 2) App was tested in Cambodia, and its appeal was survayed (due to unavailability of enough Tablets, N+ was installed only in one tablet, then shown to the nursing students in several locations in Cambodia, 3) The survey results were analyzed with the help of Cambodian student who helped to do the survey.
The survey and Syrvey results are presentd here. A research paper based on this survey is being prepared. Also, additional work to improve and add new features to N+ is going on.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.
Reason
The main reason was the research assistant who was helping with software development graduated and moved to his country Mongolia. He helped continuing research support from there. But, dud to communication problems, new research team had to be found. Now the software development is progressing with new team.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
Two main items to do this year include:
1. Academic presentation of partial results (Cambodia test results and survey results)
2. Improving N+ App by improving a) userfriendlyness, b)adding new features
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| Causes of Carryover |
The N+ App Android software to be used in Android tablets needs improvements. Its is being done right now with help from research assistants and developers.
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| Expenditure Plan for Carryover Budget |
1) Develop of software cost is the most
2) Plan to present the survey results (as explained earlier) is a conference this year.
3) Some material costs such as printing and Tablets to be used in the testing.
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