Thesis Chapters by Asam Almohamed
Children Vaccination Reminder System via SMS Alert
Universiti Utara Malaysia, 2012
This report presents a model for children vaccination reminder using short message service (SMS) ... more This report presents a model for children vaccination reminder using short message service (SMS) to remind parents of the vaccination schedule. Vaccination is required to keep the children healthy and away from infections. In this report the main objective is to develop a children vaccination reminder model that operates via SMS. The general design methodology is the design used in this study and is represented using Unify model language (UML). The system is evaluated using questionnaires which were answered by parents. A percentage of 54.8 percent and 45.2 percent answered useful and very useful respectively of the proposed model. As a conclusion it is found that users do agree on the benefit of having reminder for their children vaccination appointmen
Designing for refugees and asylum seekers: Social inclusion and empowerment
QUT, 2021
This thesis presents a conceptual framework for understanding the challenges that refugees and a... more This thesis presents a conceptual framework for understanding the challenges that refugees and asylum seekers face in Australia and the role of ICT in rebuilding their social capital. It has been built based on four studies that involved a mix of contextual inquiry, cultural probes, and participatory design methods. The framework offers implications for technology design, policies, and the theory of social capital. The collective contributions of this research will inform designers of appropriate technologies that support social capital in the refugee and asylum seeker context. It will also inform policymakers to implement policies that affect this demography.
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Thesis Chapters by Asam Almohamed