Presenting the Pharmacy Access Mobile Website
The full scaled version on an iMac screen
The smaller version in a small window
After much hard work and changing of the map I used I finished the web project. You can view it at pharmacy.actforwomenandgirls.org
All of the 48 Tulare county pharmacies that were graded by the secret shoppers are available viewable on the map view and rate-able on the website.
The goal of the project is to make a platform to expand upon the pharmacy access work and help users in the central valley of California know where to go for emergency contraception. California's central valley is one of the most conservative in the nation, with the highest rate of teen pregnancy. The project empowers youth in the ACT for Women and Girls programs to secret shop the local pharmacies and rate them based on their availability of EC, birth control, condoms, and their friendliness to teens. The shopping experience is then scored and that score is given a "grade" (A,B,C,D, and F). All A rated pharmacies are given the ACT Approved stamp on the website.
Moreover, the website encourages users to rate the pharmacies for themselves and those ratings are calculated on each pharmacy page in a star rating. I have also added a color coding system to the map, so that it is easy to see which are the A rated pharmacies.
The project was built on Wordpress and CartoDB with custom MySQL. API, html, and css integration. The design and development process was a long one, because I focused on user centered design practices to create it. I had three onsite visits which included three rounds of focus groups and two rounds of user tests with the local youth throughout the process. The finishing design iterations were conducted remotely with phone calls and Skype.
The process has been amazing and rewarding and I wouldn't trade it for anything!
-Niki Selken
