PaperButtons: expanding a tangible user interface
DIS '00 Proceedings of the 3rd conference on Designing interactive systems: processes, practices, methods, and techniques
PaperPoint: a paper-based presentation and interactive paper prototyping tool
Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Tangible and embedded interaction
Papiercraft: A gesture-based command system for interactive paper
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)
Paperproof: a paper-digital proof-editing system
CHI '08 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
WUW - wear Ur world: a wearable gestural interface
CHI '09 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Digitizing paper forms with mobile imaging technologies
Proceedings of the 2nd ACM Symposium on Computing for Development
PartoPen: enhancing the partograph with digital pen technology
CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Improving Maternal Labor Monitoring in Kenya Using Digital Pen Technology: A User Evaluation
GHTC '12 Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference
Integrating ODK Scan into the community health worker supply chain in Mozambique
Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development: Full Papers - Volume 1
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The World Health Organization advocates the paper partograph as the single most effective tool for monitoring labor and reducing labor complications in developing countries. Used correctly, the partograph can serve as a tool for early detection of serious maternal and fetal complications during labor, allowing sufficient time for an appropriate response. However, in order to be effective, the partograph must be used correctly. Recent studies in Kenya reported that less than one fourth of partographs were completed in accordance with WHO guidelines. In developing countries, lack of training and continuing education, exacerbated by limited resources, represents a serious barrier to effective partograph use. The goal of the PartoPen project is to increase the effectiveness of the partograph using an interactive digital pen with custom software, together with partograph forms printed with a background dot pattern that is recognized by the pen. This paper describes the design and implementation of the PartoPen system, and the technical evolution of the PartoPen system during studies that evaluated the PartoPen in use in Nairobi, Kenya from June 2012 -- August 2012.