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DESIGN AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPUTER BASED CHILD CARE INFORMATION SYSTEM
ABSTRACT
In the world over, it is indisputable that the introduction of computer
technology in different facets of life, has virtually transformed and enhanced
information processing which is very vital in any organization or parastatals
of government. Not only as means of information processing, the
technology has also proved to the faceted means of information retrieval which
forms the nucleus of this study.
This research word centers on using a computer to record, store and retrieve
reported and illnesses, the name of illness and year it spread, the country
affected, total population of children affected and total population not
affected.
A detailed design of a computerized approach that will bring the much needed
innovation is given. Also included in this masterpiece is a proper
documentation for the new system design.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE
PAGE
ABSTRACT
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
ORGANISATION OF
WORK
CHAPTER ONE
1.0
INTRODUCTION
1.1 HISTORICAL
BACKGROUND
1.2 STATE OF
THE
PROBLEM
1.3 PURPOSE OF
THE
STUDY
1.4 AIMS AND
OBJECTIVES
1.5 SCOPE OF
THE
STUDY
1.6 LIMITATIONS
OF THE
STUDY
1.7 DEFINITION
OF
TERMS
CHAPTER
TWO
2.0 LITERATURE
REVIEW
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 DESCRIPTION
AND ANALYSIS OF THE
EXISTING SYSTEM
3.1
DESCRIPTION OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM
3.2
FACT-FINDING
3.3
ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE
3.4
OBJECTIVES OF EXSTING SYSTEM
3.5
INPUT, PROCESS AND OUTPUT ANALYSIS
3.6
INFORMATION FLOW DIAGRAM
3.7
PROBLEMS OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM
3.8
JUSTIFICATION OF THE NEW SYSTEM
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0
DESIGN OF THE NEW SYSTEM
4.1 OUTPUT
SPEICFICATION AND DESIGN
4.2
INPUT SPECIFICATION AND DESIGN
4.3
FILE DESIGN
4.4
PROCEDURE CHART
4.5
SYSTEM FLOW CHART
4.6
SYSTEM SPECIFICATION
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0
IMPLEMENTATION
5.1 PROGRAM
DESIGN
5.2 PROGRAM
FLOWCHART
5.3
PSEUDOCODE
5.4
SOURCE PROGRAM
CHAPTER SIX
6.0
DOCUMENTATION
CHAPTER SEVEN
7.0
RECOMMENDATION AND CONLUSION
7.1
RECOMMENDATION
7.2
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
CHAPTER ONE
1.0
INTRODUCTION
In
every child who comes into this world, the hopes and dreams of the human race
are born a new. Children are bearers of our common future a future that is in
our hands as never before. For the world has the knowledge, the resources and
the legal imperatives to give every child the best possible start in life, in a
family environments that offers the love, the care and the maturing that
children need to grow, to learn and to develop to the fullest.
But still these children are being exposed to all diverse kind of mistreatments
ranging from child labor, violence, abuse, neglect and commercial sexual
exploitation of children. Children are more vulnerable than adults to being
hurt, neglected, abused and exploited. Their survival is at risk and their full
development is compromised. Violence against children occurs within families,
in schools and communities.
However, the need to care for these children so as to meet the increasing and
challenge demand arose. Thus, man resolves to help to mobilize a Global
movement for children an unstoppable crusade to end, at long last, the poverty,
ill health, violence and discrimination that have needlessly blighted and
destroyed so many young lives. In this juncture, there is need to know who a
child is and what child abuse and neglect is. In traditional and even
contemporary Africa, various ethnic groups have different concepts who a child
is while some see one as a child so far he cannot contribute to the development
of the society, others see him in terms example, Olukoshi et al (1990) posited
that:
“there is not one acceptable age, which is considered as a worthy definition of
the upper limit of childhood begins in terms of the right to vote and be voted
for and the age considered the federal ministry of youth and culture, and
education as being upper limit of childhood differs… ”
even internationally, there are divergent definitions as to who a child is. The
OAU charter defines a child as “every human being below the ages of eighteen
(18) years” even though there are divergent opinions and views as to what is
the age limit of a child, it is the view of the author, that a child is anybody
between the birth to the completion of physiological/psychological and physical
development. In other words, anybody between zero of his/her birth to eighteen
(18) years is a CHILD.
Child neglect is connoted act of omission, denial or even giving basic needs,
rights and deeds of the child by parents/ guardians, which may or may not
necessarily impair the well being of a child. Neglect can also take the form of
inadequate provision of resources for the welfare of the child both now and in
future.
Child care on the other hand represents an area of programming targeted at
“children in need of special protection measures”. There are children who are victims
of or belong to, groups which are especially vulnerable to, various kinds of
abuse, exploitation, violence and abandonment.
Vulnerable groups include children affected by armed conflict or by other
situations of emergency, children engaged in hazardous or exploitative labour,
including those who are trafficked, children deprived of parental protection
due to AIDS, children subjected to sexual exploitation and abuse, children
living with disabilities and children in conflict with the law.
Because of the above situations, communities need to be strengthened and
families supported to provide the necessary care to improve child
survival, development. Families need knowledge, skills, motivation and support
. they need to know what to do in specific circumstances and ass the children
grow and develop, they need skills to provide appropriate care and to solve
problems. They need to be motivated to try and to sustain new practices. They
need social and material support form the community. And finally need support
form the health centers/system, in the form of accessible clinics responsible
services and health workers should have to give effective advice, drugs,
and more complex treatment when necessary.
1.1
HISTORICL BACKGROUD OF THE STUDY
The
creation of the United Nation in 1945 represented the coming of age of an
ideal international co-operation. Its immediate spur was the destruction caused
by world war, 11, but behind this laid a longer term desire to promote world
peace. There were however, no ideas of setting up within the constellation of
new institutions, a special organization for children. The creation in 1946 of
the United Nations international children’s Emergency fund was an accident of
early cold war politics.
The prospects in Europe were grim. The writer of 1946-1947 was particularly
bitter. Millions of people were still without proper shelter. Few clothing or
food. Children especially were suffering in some affected areas; half of all
babies were dying before their first birthday. The Allies, anticipating
widespread devastation of the end of the war, had established the United
Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) in 1943 to provide
general assistance. But the iron curtain descended, and the United States
Government refused to go on using UNRRA as a relief channel because it was
aiding countries in both western and Eastern Europe.
Just as UNRRA was about to be wound up, however, voices were raised at its
final meeting in Geneva to protest the fate of Europe’s children. The delegate
from Poland, Ludwig Rajclman, was particularly vocal, and the meeting accepted
the proposal that UNRRA’S residual resources should be put to work for children
through a UN international children’s Emergency fund an ICEF. Subsequently, On
11 December 1946, a resolution of the UN General Assembly No. 59 (1) – brought
UNICEF into limelight.
UNICEF was established to help children damaged by war. But it stayed in
existence to take on a much broader role. While UN member States hard not
intended to prolong UNICEF’S life beyond the postwar emergency, they did
include in its founding resolution the phrase “For child health purposes
generally” and this was to offer the children’s fund a permanent niche in the
large scale control and prevention of diseases affecting children.
When the time came for the UN to close down I C E F in 1950, a successful lobby
was mounted to save it. This time, it was the new nations of the developing
world that spoke up. Again, the plea did not go unheard. But in 1953, the
General Assembly confirmed the children’s organization as a fixture in the UN
system.
UNICEF at this time dropped international and Emergency from it’s title-
becoming the United National children’s fund (although retaining it’s acronym).
However, its mission expanded as the post-colonial era presented it with a new
challenge.
MISSION OF THE UNICEF
UNICEF is mandated by the United
Nations General Assembly to advocate protection of children’s rights, to help
meet their basic needs and to expand opportunities to reach their full
potential.
It is guided by the convention on the
rights of the children and strive to establish children’s rights as enduring
ethical principles and international standards of behaviour towards the
children.
It is insists that the survival, protection and development of children are
universal imperatives that are integral to human progress.
It mobilizes political will and material resources to help countries,
particularly developing countries, ensure a first call for children and to
build their capacity to form appropriate policies and deliver services for
children and their families:
It is committed to ensuring special protection for the most disadvantaged
children-victims of war, diseases, extreme poverty, all forms of violence,
exploitation and those with disabilities.
It responds in emergencies to protect the rights of children. In co-operation
with United Nations partners and humanitarian agencies, UNICEF makes unique
facilities for rapid response available to its partners to relieve the
suffering of children and those who provide their care.
1.2
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The problem of using a manual system in the child care information department
of the UNICEF results in the inability of the staff to process documents at
minutes time, and the difficulty in achieving on accurate results which may be
deduced from improper postal delays, bad handwriting loss of vital paper or
document, misplacement of vital information or cases, as a result of the
services that are available or rendered when it is needed, duplications of
effort due to inconsistency in activities and general validation failure during
processing etc.
Hence, the above-mentioned problems prompted for the Design and implementation
of child care information system, to enable the organization to work more
effectively.
1.3
PURPOSE OF STUDY
The
purpose of this study is to design and implement a system that will eliminate
the above-listed problems such as misplacement of important
reported cases, documents and records, duplication of efforts and a lot of time
that is required or taken when searching and processing of cases and files.
It is also created to expose the lapses of the existing system and to explore
the intricacies associated with software design.
1.4
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The aims and objectives of the study is to ascertain on how the organization,
UNICEF, Operation aims and other activities are performed, and also to detect
problems that pose obstacles with a view of modifying the operations and
developing a new computerized system that will be more effective and accurate
such as in the area of misplacement of vital documents, a computer will be used
to record, store and retrieve large volume of documents, which will deduce the
duplications of efforts due to inconsistency in activities and time taken in
search of file when it is required for processing.
1.5
SCOPE OF THE STUDY.
Beside the information on childcare which is the major scope of the study, the
research work would be limited to the area of health problems threatening the
lives and affecting the development of the children.
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