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                                  ood sharing, pr
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                                view and benchmarking
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                                 eratur
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                                   he syst
                                cise identified inefficiencies wit  vioral  em and beha                                                   hat could be collect  ed. Locating
                                   hin t
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                                                                                                                                          amount of data t
                                                                                                                                          est
                                  ood r
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                                  ent f
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                                 e accessible, emotionally engaging, and localiz
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                                 t
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                                                                                                                                             ce, and some of t
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                                                                                                                                           ariance in
                                 solution.
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                                                                                                                                              empt was made
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                                                                                                                                          esponse. Alt hough an earnest att
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                                 hods appr  e  ed, combining qualitativ
                                  oach was emplo
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                                                                                                                                              ormat, which ma
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                                   ys and obser
                                 views wit
                                                                                                                                          ed t
                                                                                                                                          eraction data.
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                                     aced b
                                     y individuals, households, and
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                                 and solution ideation t  eal-time t h r
                                  hat could enable users wit
                                     ools,
                                 eatur
                                es, and educational cont
                                  ent.
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                                                                                                                                          ecommendations
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                                 User f he f  ot  orming
                                   otyping phase, inf
                                  eedback became t
                                  ocus of t
                                      ,
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                                 w and mid-fidelity wir
                                 eframes and it
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                                                                                                                                               he amalgamation of
                                                                                                                                           or has sho
                                                                                                                                           v
                                 , and impact. Branding, visual identity er
                                 clarity
                                   e
                                  eraction flo
                                  ws w
                                  , and int
                                                                                                                                           hinking and community insight can addr
                                                                                                                                          design t  ess
                                  h f
                                ough UX principles and v
                                  o
                                 w
                                 hr
                                ed upon t ork ed wit
                                  eedback t
                                  alidat
                                                                                                                                          vir
                                                                                                                                          onmental and social concerns. A natural pr
                                                                                                                                          en
                                                                                                                                             ession
                                                                                                                                             ogr
                                 r
                                 educe friction and build trust.
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                                                                                                                                          ould be t
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                                                                                                                                           v
                                                                                                                                          underser  egration wit h public
                                                                                                                                           ed rural populations, int

                                                                                                                                          ser  ger scale w
                                                                                                                                           vices. Demographic studies on a lar
                                                                                                                                                 ould
                                                                                                                                           he adaptability of t
                                                                                                                                           o t
                                                                                                                                           engt
                                                                                                                                          e str
                                                                                                                                           h t
                                                                                                                                           he solution
                                                                                                                                          vide mor
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                                                                                                                                          pr
                                act comprised a mobile-first digital
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                                t ew
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                                , t
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                                                                                                                                          hr
                                                                                                                                          t
                                                                                                                                          ent cultural, economic, and geographic  er ough diff
                                   eliability
                                   em t
                                 platf
                                 orm and a complet e brand syst
                                   e r
                                   ,
                                   o communicat
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                                                                                                                                          cont
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                                                                                                                                           ollo
                                                                                                                                          e ws, t esting, it eration, and
                                                                                                                                          s. It f
                                    orm was de
                                   , and inclusivity
                                      eloped t
                                      v
                                 sustainability . The platf  o scale and
                                                                                                                                          tnerships will continue t
                                                                                                                                          community par
                                                                                                                                             o be behind t
                                                                                                                                             he
                                 olv
                                 e
                                 v
                                o a w
                                eb app or community kiosk.
                                er on int
                                e lat
                                                                                                                                           his platf
                                                                                                                                          scaling and a deepening impact of t  orm.
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