MaMA (Maternal Monitoring App)
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The Challenge:
An application designed to help woman in under-served communities was lacking in a color scheme that meets accessibility needs as well as lacking in visual communication and language to serve a broad user base. |
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My Role:
UX Design Consultant My responsibilities as UX Design Consultant on this team included:
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Design Methodology
- Brainstorming
- Collaborated with the CCO on illustration representations and language
- Design
- Curated illustrations from the creative market
- Implemented style guide colors, type, and components to the prototype
- Reiteration
- Checking design elements using guidelines provided by ADA
- Updating design elements to meet accessibility regulations
- ADA.gov
- Adobe XD
- Adobe Illustrator
- The Creative Market
- Google Hangouts
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Audience
The audience for this application included women across a spectrum of demographics experiencing pregnancy or postpartum in underserved areas. These women may not have access to local resources for support, sometimes needing to travel 5 hours or more to reach medical care.
The audience for this application included women across a spectrum of demographics experiencing pregnancy or postpartum in underserved areas. These women may not have access to local resources for support, sometimes needing to travel 5 hours or more to reach medical care.
Constraints
- Meeting accessibility compliance
- Adhering to HIPPA regulations
- Working remotely 90% of the time
- Connecting with women in rural areas for research
Retrospective
Working on the MaMA application was one of the most rewarding and humbling projects for me. I learned a lot about how complicated it is to ensure accessibility in a HIPPA regulated environment, and how nuanced it becomes to maintain sensitivity and patience while providing accessibility to a broad demographic. Tapping into my own internal patience and willingness to make mistakes proved to be essential while navigating a complex field.
Working on the MaMA application was one of the most rewarding and humbling projects for me. I learned a lot about how complicated it is to ensure accessibility in a HIPPA regulated environment, and how nuanced it becomes to maintain sensitivity and patience while providing accessibility to a broad demographic. Tapping into my own internal patience and willingness to make mistakes proved to be essential while navigating a complex field.