Living Lab services promoting health in the community through participation

Holopainen, Arto; Kämäräinen, Pauliina; Kaunisto, Merita; Kekäläinen, Heli; Metsävainio, Kirsimarja

doi:10.23996/fjhw.74405

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“…In light of the above context, the present study empirically set up and operated a living lab to put the model into practice and explore pathways for behavioural change and sustainable problem-solving in the context of industry-government-academia-private collaboration and innovation: the so-called Quadruple Helix Open Innovation model [47,48]. More specifically, the present study employed a demonstration field in Tokyo, Japan and collaborated with the city residents in a dedicated living lab.…”

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Living Lab for Citizens’ Wellness: A Case of Maintaining and Improving a Healthy Diet under the COVID-19 Pandemic

Tabata

Tsukada²,

Kubo

et al. 2022

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The establishment and implementation of a healthy lifestyle is fundamental to public health and is an important issue for working-aged people, as it affects not only them but also the future generations. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated behavioural restrictions, lifestyles have altered, and, in certain environments, significantly worsened. In the present study, we conducted a project to improve the intestinal environment by focussing on the dietary habits of participants, utilising the living laboratory as a social technology to explore how to adapt to this drastic environmental change. We held eight workshops for voluntary participants and implemented a self-monitoring process of recording dietary behaviours (n = 78) and testing the intestinal environment (n = 14). Through this initiative, we developed a personalised wellness enhancement programme based on collaboration with multiple stakeholders and a framework for using personal data for research and practical purposes. These results provide an approach for promoting voluntary participation and behavioural changes among people, especially under the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as a practical basis for the government, academia, and industry to intervene effectively in raising people’s awareness of health and wellness.

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confidence: 99%

Living Lab for Citizens’ Wellness: A Case of Maintaining and Improving a Healthy Diet under the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Tsukada²,

Kubo

et al. 2022

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“…For example, Nymberg et al (2019) found that older patients in primary care expressed ambivalent feelings towards new technologies and needed tailor-made solutions for user acceptance. Collaboration and involvement of all stakeholders (including users) allows all voices to be heard in the innovation process, resulting in better products and services that are accepted by users and fit the context of use (Holopainen et al , 2018). This is especially relevant for healthcare, with its complexity, various types of users and stakeholders, conflicting interests and wide range of possible solutions to innovation problems (Almirall et al , 2012).…”

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Learning in living lab collaboration in primary care – a qualitative study

Samuelson,

Svensson,

Svenningsson

et al. 2023

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Purpose To meet future healthcare needs, primary care is undergoing a transformation in which innovations and new ways of working play an important role. However, successful innovations depend on joint learning and rewarding collaborations between healthcare and other stakeholders. This study aims to explore how learning develops when entrepreneurs, healthcare professionals and older people collaborate in a primary care living lab. Design/methodology/approach The study had an action research design and was conducted at a clinically embedded living lab at a primary care centre on the west coast of Sweden. Data consisted of e-mail conversations, recordings from design meetings and three group interviews with each party (entrepreneurs, healthcare professionals and older people). Data were analysed with inductive qualitative content analysis. Findings An overarching theme, “To share each other’s worlds in an arranged space for learning”, was found, followed by three categories, “Prerequisites for learning”, “Strategies to achieve learning” and “To learn from and with each other”. These three categories comprise eight subcategories. Originality/value This research contributes to knowledge regarding the need for arranged spaces for learning and innovation in primary care and how collaborative learning can contribute to the development of practice.

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“…Participatory development processes and principles of co-creation have been promoted in the recent development of eHealth solutions [4,5]. For being effective and responsive, matching innovative ideas with customer needs is considered a necessity for value co-creation [5,6].…”

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Value for all? Dynamics of partnership formation in occupational healthcare collaboration

2021

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Interorganizational relationships take advantages of surrounding networks to create value. However, there is little processual understanding of how cooperative partnerships ‘work’ in healthcare collaboration. From the value creation perspective, their mobilization, management and maintenance are challenging. To understand the value of cooperative partnerships, we explore the dynamics of partnership formation in occupational healthcare collaboration. The empirical data is based on a two-year qualitative case study examining e-value co-creation in healthcare. The research data was obtained through a participatory action research method. We facilitated and followed up a developmental process of the partnership between an occupational health service company and its customer organization. This partnership aimed to add strategic value through the co-creation method to improve the well-being of employees and to promote eHealth solutions. In analyzing the data, we adopted a process orientation that allowed us to explore dynamics in partnership formation and its e-value co-creation. We used Ring and Van de Ven’s [1] framework to examine how cooperative interorganizational relationship develops through the stages of negotiation, commitment and execution. Our longitudinal case study analysis reveals how interaction, mutual sensemaking and institutional logics affect partnership and its value creation. The results show that the formation of a cooperative partnership is a challenging inter-organizational learning process. Our study demonstrates three tensions characterizing the dynamics of partnership: asymmetrical roles and positions between partners (customer and service provider) in co-creation, exploitation of institutionalized practices versus the exploration of new methods for collaboration, and tradeoffs between the operational logic and the co-creation logic. To create value for all in cooperative partnership, we emphasize the necessity of dialogue, mutual trust, interorganizational learning and processual feedback of accomplishments. At its best, cooperative partnership in healthcare collaboration can challenge existing practices of service provision and develop new concepts, roles and tools to promote health and well-being at workplaces through co-creation as a working method in occupational health collaboration.

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Living Lab services promoting health in the community through participation

Cited by 4 publications

References 1 publication

Living Lab for Citizens’ Wellness: A Case of Maintaining and Improving a Healthy Diet under the COVID-19 Pandemic

Living Lab for Citizens’ Wellness: A Case of Maintaining and Improving a Healthy Diet under the COVID-19 Pandemic

Learning in living lab collaboration in primary care – a qualitative study

Value for all? Dynamics of partnership formation in occupational healthcare collaboration

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