Abstract:
"Many countries are facing serious issues with child malnutrition and poverty. Poverty,
which is prevalent in Sri Lanka, exacerbates the major issue of malnutrition. Currently,
various paper-based methods are being used by community health workers of the Sri
Lankan government to monitor, track, and manage child malnutrition. A paper-based
system is used to collect data through various techniques such as household surveys,
medical facility records, or community-based screening initiatives. After being collected
on paper forms, the data is manually input into a database or spreadsheet when ready for
analysis. This method can be time-consuming and error-prone due to the possibility of
data loss or incorrect recording during the manual data input procedure.
To analyze and identify current problems with the manual paper-based system used by
government community health workers to monitor child malnutrition and poverty in the
community is the goal of this research. In addition, a web application can be created to
help health workers monitor child malnutrition and poverty in low-income urban and
rural communities. The application would provide simple instructions to assist them in
measuring, treating, or referring children attending the sessions. The application can be
designed, developed, tested, and evaluated. Managing the treatment process of
malnourished children, including drug dosage and supplement use instructions, RUTF
administration, multiple test results, and supplement inventory management."
