Developing a Mobile Application and Six Sigma for Health Awareness Improvement regarding Diabetic Students in Kuwait

Abstract

In this study an attempt is made to improve health awareness regarding diabetic students in primary schools in Kuwait. First, a pilot test was conducted to prove the existence of the problem. The results revealed that 45% of teachers did not know the symptoms of hypoglycemia where 20% of them faced more than 6 cases of diabetic students in a school. Voice of the Customer (VOC) was then gained through a parent survey to identify the Critical to Quality (CTQ). Afterwards, teacher's current performance level was measured by distributing a Knowledge Test and the results revealed that it is 57.7% and therefore, the team decided to focus on increasing and improving health awareness of diabetes for the students and teachers. In order to do that, this research had two folds: developing a mobile application "I. Diabetic" to be used by students to assist them managing their heath condition while they are at school or out having a normal life and applying a six sigma study to increase teacher's awareness regarding diabetes and diabetic students in schools. Several Coding and Quality tools have been used and implemented in this work such as the Android Studio, Quality Function Deployment (QFD) and Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) in order to develop the mobile application and analyze and improve health awareness.