fredjlutz/amputeesupport

NAVU — Amputee Support App for South Africa # NAVU Amputee Support App — Research & Build Documentation > **Purpose:** This folder contains all research, product specifications, content strategy, and content generation requirements for the NAVU prosthetic support app. > > **Use with Claude Code:** Load this folder as context at the start of any build session. Start with `research-background.md` for the evidence base, then `feature-spec.md` for what to build, then `content-strategy.md` and `content-generation-list.md` for the content layer. --- ## Documents in this folder | File | Description | |---|---| | `research-background.md` | Full evidence base — SA amputation epidemiology, psychosocial needs, rehabilitation science, mHealth evidence, global app benchmarking | | `feature-spec.md` | MVP feature set, Phase 2 and 3 roadmap, 15 design principles | | `content-strategy.md` | Journey section philosophy, the nine moments, peer storytelling evidence, curation principles | | `content-generation-list.md` | Complete list of ~90 content items needed for MVP launch | | `design-principles.md` | The 15 evidence-based design principles with rationale | | `market-benchmarking.md` | Analysis of all existing apps — Össur, Blatchford, SMART (Canada), SA mHealth precedents | --- ## The app in one paragraph A mobile support ecosystem for transfemoral (above-knee) amputees in South Africa's public health system. Target user has no private health insurance, is on a 3–6 year prosthetic wait in most cases, and has almost no access to rehabilitation, mental health care, or follow-up support after leaving hospital. The app provides peer-led orientation through the journey (video, voice memos, written pieces from real amputees), phase-gated exercise guidance, daily self-monitoring, guided mirror therapy for phantom limb pain, mental health screening and psychoeducation, and a caregiver section. Android-first. Offline-first. Audio-visual content in isiZulu, isiXhosa, Afrikaans, and English. No patient-facing prosthetic support …