<h2>We have wrapped up year 1 of our project and we are now prepping to test the app prototype!</h2>
Researchers at Michigan State University, along with Dr. Michael Wood from the University of Michigan, have developed an app for kids with type-1 diabetes.

The app is designed to help kids with T1D take on more responsibility for managing their diabetes care and allow their parents to take a step back from care.

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<h3> Here is an overview of what we accomplished in year 1:</h3>
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 	<li>We held focus groups with kids ages 10-15 with T1D and their parents in order to get their feedback on our ideas and design of the mobile app.</li>
 	<li>This information helped our professional web development team create an app that kids with T1D and their parents will want to use!</li>
 	<li>We wrote a paper about our results from the focus groups. It is currently being reviewed, and we will post it here once it has been published.</li>
 	<li>We presented the results from the focus groups at the Partner's Connected Health Symposium in October! Check out the poster here: <a href="http://myt1d.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Partners-Connected-Poster-2016_Hortizontal_100616-2.pdf" target="_blank">partners-poster-2016</a></li>
 	<li>Recruitment for the prototype testing of the app has been completed and testing will start very soon!</li>
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<h3>Here is what to come:</h3>
In year 2, we will test the prototype of the mobile app with a small group of children and parents to see what changes need to be made to ensure successful use of the app.

Lastly, in year 3, we will test the app with a larger group of children and parents to assess each of our variables of interest.

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