Welcome to Youth for Youth!

Health literacy is an absolutely essential skill to navigate the modern world, and yet our education systems are failing to ensure that students are aware of basic health information. Youth For Youth Health is an interactive and engaging application that empowers both schools and the students in them to take health literacy into their own hands. YFY Health provides its users with bite-sized lessons in different areas in the medical world, along with quizzes to ensure comprehension. Through positive feedback like streaks, badges, and progress milestones, students are given the motivation and tools to ensure they have the skills they need.

In addition to the interactive courses, the application functions as a health hub that students can look to for a diverse set of health needs. The resources section contains articles about important health topics, FAQs to help explain common questions, emergency resources to ensure that users can access that information when they need it most, and a health chatbot. The chatbot allows users to get personalized health advise and factual medical information through a conversational format. It also includes a map of local resources shows medical facilities in the area, as well as all important information about them.

A link to download is coming soon!

Demo

This section discusses how to use the Y4Y app!
Once you have downloaded the app, you can start by creating an account or continuing as a guest user. (Note that if you want to save your course progress, you'll need to make an account!) Your account can be created with any valid email and a password that is over 6 symbols.
Once you login to the app, you'll see the homescreen. From here, you can navigate to the courses, resources, map, profile, and settings. Take some time to explore all of these features!
To start a course, click on the courses tab. Here you can see all of the available courses. Click on a course to see the lessons and quizzes.
Once you've completed a lesson, you can take a quiz to test your knowledge. If you pass the quiz, your progress will save!
After you've completed a course, you can see your progress on the home page.

The next feature to explore is the resources tab. Here you can find articles, FAQs, emergency resources, and a chatbot.
You can search for articles by name in the search bar or filter by category by clicking on one of the categoy buttons.
You can also submit a question to the FAQ page, and the chatbot can answer any health related questions you have. Keep in mind that this chatbot is powered by an OpenAI large language model, and that its responses should not be taken as absolute truths.
The map tab shows you health facilities in 3 different counties in South Carolina. You can explore what services each one provides, their number, and how to get there by clicking on each resource and navigating to its respective buttons.
Finally, the profile tab shows you your course progress, badges, and streaks. You can also change your password and email here.
For a comprehensive overview of our app, watch the video below!

Checkout it out!

Our launch page will show you fun health facts, tell you your course progress, and help link you to important parts of the app. (Pictured on the right)

Our map screen can help you find health facilities in 3 different counties in South Carolina. From there you can explore what services each one provides, their number, and how to get there.(Pictured on the left)

Our chatbot screen provides a space for users to ask health-related questions that cannot be answered in other parts of the app. This chatbot is powered by OpenAI, and is engineered so that users can recieve informative answers to their questions, and will only answer questions in the context of health literacy.

Our resources screen can help you easily locate articles by name and category. We also have information about health helplines, a place for you to submit FAQs, and a chatbot that can answer any health related questions.