Human-Centered Design as an Approach for Place-Based Innovation in Public Health: A Case Study from Oakland, California

Vechakul, Jessica; Shrimali, Bina Patel; Sandhu, Jaspal Singh

doi:10.1007/s10995-015-1787-x

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“…Given the importance of connection in our lives and their beneficial effects on people’s health and wellbeing [43,44,45], it seems natural that the human desire to connect governs our relationship with urban space as well. A human-centered design approach can help urban planning and public health professionals better explore individuals’ deep-seated needs and values [46], which has the potential to improve community engagement [47] and consequently enhance people’s health and wellbeing.…”

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An Exploration of Psychosocial Pathways of Parks’ Effects on Health: A Qualitative Study

Swierad

Huang

2018

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Urban green space has been positively associated with psychological and physical health. However, the linkage between exposure to parks and health outcomes remains unclear. The current study examined the meanings that people assign to city parks, as a way to understand the pathways by which parks exert their effects on health. We conducted qualitative interviews with twenty culturally diverse residents in New York City. Thematic analysis was performed on the qualitative data. Results showed that all themes identified were related to parks fulfilling a basic human need for connection to (1) family, loved ones, and friends; (2) community and neighborhood; (3) self; and (4) nature. Based on these data, we proposed a human-centered framework for future research and interventions aimed at catalyzing parks as a vehicle to improve health and wellbeing. A human-centered approach emphasizes targeting the deep-seated needs and values of those we seek to engage and for whom health promotion and disease prevention efforts are designed. Our study shows that park transformations need to incorporate careful considerations of the human need for connection on multiple levels, so that park usage and its consequent health benefits may be optimized.

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An Exploration of Psychosocial Pathways of Parks’ Effects on Health: A Qualitative Study

Swierad

Huang

2018

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“…Design-based research (DBR) is argued to be a suitable approach to creating innovative programs that address complex challenges [12]. DBR is an increasingly popular way of working toward more inclusive and tailored interventions.…”

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Co-Designing an Intervention to Prevent Overweight and Obesity among Young Children and Their Families in a Disadvantaged Municipality: Methodological Barriers and Potentials

Hoeeg

Christensen

Grabowski

2019

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Design-based research (DBR) is an innovative methodology for co-creation, but potentials, challenges, and differences between methodological ideals and the real-life intervention context are under-researched. This study analyzes the DBR process in which researchers, professionals, and families co-design a family-based intervention to prevent childhood overweight and obesity in a rural municipality. It involves interviews with six key stakeholders in the co-design process. Data were coded and analyzed using systematic text condensation, while the theory of the “social effectiveness of interventions” developed by Rod et al. (2014) was used as an analytical tool for unpacking the co-creation process and exploring methodological barriers and potentials. The DBR approach contributed with a feeling that everyone’s perspective was important, and the professionals got a new perspective on the families’ experiences with healthy living they did not previously consider. We also found that the iterative design process did not fully align with the organizational structures in the municipality or with the needs of stakeholders, leading to friction in the partnership. This study emphasizes the complexity of using an anti-hierarchical approach within a hierarchical context, and the importance of being aware of how the DBR approach shapes the partnership, as well as of how the social dynamics within the partnership shape the design process.

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“…Subsequently, multiple design programs were developed worldwide. DT has been utilized in a variety of different fields, including business, law, primary school education, sciences, and medicine . The use of DT within medical education has been limited, but is emerging.…”

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Applying Design Thinking Principles to Curricular Development in Medical Education

Gottlieb

Wagner

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AEM Education and Training

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Medical education is an ever-evolving field, resulting in numerous changes and modifications to curricular structure, learner assessment, feedback, and remediation. To best meet the needs of the individual learners, it is important to design curricula that meet their real needs. Design thinking (DT) first gained popularity in the 1960s and, since then, has been applied to problem solving within business, primary education, and medicine. The process involves five stages: discovery, interpretation, ideation, experimentation, and evolution, which are targeted toward empathizing with end-users to uncover and design for unmet needs. In this paper, we describe the five-stage DT approach with specific application to medical education and discuss future directions within the medical education field.

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Human-Centered Design as an Approach for Place-Based Innovation in Public Health: A Case Study from Oakland, California

Abstract: Our experience suggests that HCD can: enhance community engagement; expedite the timeframe for challenge identification, program design, and implementation; and create innovative programs that address complex challenges.

Cited by 83 publications

References 8 publications

An Exploration of Psychosocial Pathways of Parks’ Effects on Health: A Qualitative Study

An Exploration of Psychosocial Pathways of Parks’ Effects on Health: A Qualitative Study

Co-Designing an Intervention to Prevent Overweight and Obesity among Young Children and Their Families in a Disadvantaged Municipality: Methodological Barriers and Potentials

Applying Design Thinking Principles to Curricular Development in Medical Education

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