ABSTRACT
Purpose:
to design the “Neonatal Tongue Screening Test” website.
Methods:
an applied research based on the active website development was performed to provide information about the “Teste da Linguinha” (Neonatal Tongue Screening Test). The development of this study consisted of 3 stages: conceptualization, development and implementation. The conceptualization stage included the following definitions: the target audience, the aim, the analysis and the definition of the content based on a literature review on tongue-tie, infants’ lingual frenulum assessment, and frenotomy. A text editor, scanner, and image editor were used for the web page development. The text editor used for the construction of the Web pages was Sublime Text. Chrome was the browser used to test the pages. The implementation phase consisted of publishing the website on the World Wide Web (WWW).
Results:
the “Teste da Linguinha” website was published and has a registered domain. The content of the website - designed for parents / caregivers and health professionals - offers scientific information on tongue-tie and “The Neonatal Tongue Screening Test”. The website has a responsive web design to allow desktop web page to be viewed in response to the size of the screen - tablet, smartphones - or web browser, without losing functionality. Responsive web design has become important as the amount of mobile traffic accounts for more than half of total internet traffic.
Conclusion:
the “Teste da Linguinha” website was developed and can be accessed by entering the web address: http://www.testedalinguinha.com.
Keywords:
Lingual Frenulum; Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences; Tongue; Medical Informatics