Project Progress Update

Megan's reflection:


The flier I constructed is designed to get women thinking about their health. The puzzle pieces are scattered randomly throughout the flier and will include provocative questions in order to get women thinking about their health and their medical history. The logo is centered because it will help to draw the eye in. The website address is at the bottom because it will direct women to a place to go to get more information.

In the constructing phase of the flier I surveyed another student in another class what she thought about some of the layouts I had made and what kinds of things she would respond to on a flier. She gave me some good advice and I implemented them into the flier.

Although the flier is simple, it does what it is supposed to do, which is to get women to think about their health and question the warnings on their medicine.



Katherine's Reflection:

The website should answer the questions on the website or at least talk about how to find the answers to the questions (asking your family about their history, researching personal risk assessment). I've got the basic layout taken care of but I'd like to try to have some kind of snazzy attention-getter, like a Flash animation or something. I'll be the first to admit that my web design skills are lackluster...over spring break I'm going to do some research (first of all to have some information content for our website!!!) on health websites with similar missions to see what types of visual cues they use to spark peoples' interests. Right now the layout's degree of intricacy and layout says "freshman year e-portfolio project" to me, and I'd like to make it look more like something a graduate student would do.

We're using feminine colors but are being careful not to be offensively stereotypical with the feminine imagery. We want to keep this design simple yet effective.

The logo we've come up with (the puzzle pieces together) implies that each puzzle piece is a bit of information about a woman's health; the missing puzzle piece represents unknown information that could affect someone's health. The website stands to serve as a resource for women to know their own bodies and health and family history.

We started to only focus on the adverse side effects of oral contraceptive use but that topic was too narrow and seemed like an attack on the product. Now we'd like to have documents that communicate the importance of "owning" your health and being your own health advocate.

Kasi's Reflection:

The pamphlet I’m working on is designed to supplement the website. It contains information on why women should think about their health, things about their personal health to consider, and tips to help them keep track of their medial and their family’s medial history. The idea is to get women to think about how medication and medical practices may affect them due to their medical history. The pamphlet will also encourage women to ask questions about their health and to be aware of the side affects different medication may have.

The logo will appear on the cover, so that it is easily seen. Images of puzzle pieces will be place throughout the pamphlet, keeping with the theme of our campaign. The web address will also be included, so the reader will Know where to access more information. I plan on the pamphlet providing enough information to get our message across, but I don’t want it to be too text heavy that the reader loses interest. The pamphlet will be organized into sections, so it easy to read and appealing. Though the pamphlet will be simple, it will provide the web address. The website will then elaborate on the information provided in the pamphlet.