March 29, 2024

Understanding the ProFouND Website and APP

Understanding the ProFouND Website and App

Overview

The ProFouND Website and App perform a variety of functions but for the purposes of this document the focus here will be on how the website functions as:

  1. support tool for WP3 & WP4 and
  2. support tool for Healthcare Professionals using the App

The objective is to develop a system that allows easy creation of leaflets by healthcare professionals with tailored information for older people after a falls risk assessment has taken place.

The following diagram shows how a Healthcare Professional would use the App and Website and also charts the progress of the development work by WP3 & WP4 in two main stages (see below for an example task list):

Leaflet Categories

  • Vision
  • Surgery
  • Psychological
  • Physical Activity
  • Nutrition
  • Medications
  • Incontinence
  • Hearing
  • Exercise
  • Environmental
  • Education
  • Dizziness
  • Awareness

Leaflet Languages

  • English
  • Norwegian
  • Greek
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Italian
  • Dutch
  • Hungerian
  • Swedish
  • French
  • Finnish
  • Turkish

Understanding ProFouND APP & Website

Tasks to be completed using Vision and English as an example

  1. Source high quality resources in English that cover Vision and Falls
  2. Create a post for each resource, describe what is useful in it, link to source, etc…
  3. Select the very best resources that will be used to inform the content of the leaflet – mark as Contributory Resources
  4. Decide on a title for each section of the Vision category
  5. Write a paragraph on each section of the Vision category in plain english and in plain text only
  6. Double check the language and content are suitable as information to be given to an older person
  7. Send the completed leaflet text on Vision and Falls to Steve and Dawn
  8. Use the completed leaflet text to create a General Guidance – Vision and Falls page on the website
  9. Include resources identified in step 2. on the General Guidance – Vision and Falls page
  • Repeat the above list of tasks for each category in English.
  • As each leaflet in English is complete, use that to inform the requirements for crowd-sourcing resources in other languages.
  • Repeat the above list of tasks for each language for each category.