Exploring Co-design with Breastfeeding Mothers
summary
A mobile app called Milk Matters is built to increase breast‑milk donations with a live donation tracking visualization, a diaper locator, education feed and donor quiz; deployed Nov 2016 with ~82 installs (21 beta installs earlier) and some mothers sharing results on Facebook. Methods compare two small in‑person workshops (2 mothers), low‑response surveys, and month‑long cultural probes delivered via house visits while volunteering at the milk bank. Key findings: design for single‑handed interaction, interrupted sessions, avoid stimuli that wake babies, and give immediate positive reinforcement to maintain donations.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction to co-design
- 2:15Milk Matters milk bank
- 5:51Co-design workshop insights
- 9:42App features and deployment
- 13:14Designing for mothers
- 15:44Comparing research methods
- 16:47Q&A session
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