Projecting health

Abstract

We present a qualitative study of Projecting Health, a public health project we deployed in rural Uttar Pradesh (India) to address persistently high maternal and infant mortality rates. This project is based on our model of Communityled Video Education (CVE), which leverages community resources for the generation, dissemination, and assimilation of visual media. We use the lens of information flows to examine how our instantiation of CVE enables the translation of globally approved health care norms to local household practices. We also demonstrate how CVE allows for integration with current community practices, existing state-supported health care infrastructure, social and patriarchal structures, and power dynamics within our target populations to drive community participation.

Challenges and opportunities in evaluating programmes incorporating human-centred design: lessons learnt from the evaluation of Adolescents 360

“…Often this is no fault of the practitioners - understanding and accommodating a scientific agenda is often beyond their remit. These gaps can be alleviated to some degree when there is one integrated design team that has the skills, methodological background, and remit to conduct a design process, produce evidence about user experiences to iteratively inform intervention development, and use this evidence to evaluate and write about their process (see e.g., 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ).…”

Knowledge, Access, and Decision-Making

“…The findings paint a nuanced picture of women's demographics, education, social standing, professional level, earnings, and marital status as well as the men in their lives (from fathers, brothers, uncles, husbands to even sons) playing a role in the technological, social, and financial flexibility available to women. In addressing problems faced by women, it is not only important to understand and address concerns of women, but also to take into consideration the concerns of those who make decisions for the women, including men [28]. Most importantly, women cannot be clustered as 50% of the population and rather are diverse individuals with varying socio-cultural and economic setups.…”

Our Story

“…When PV is used by NGOs to directly engage communities, such as in project monitoring and evaluation (M&E), it contributes towards organisational learning [41], raising awareness about community needs and experiences, and informing future programming. Furthermore many PV eforts emphasise community screenings as part of the participatory process [13,35,50] to promote further discussion and a shared sense of achievement among the community. With the use of digital video tools, this has become an even more powerful method of representing marginalised groups outside of the local context.…”

“…With the rise of participatory methodologies, video is now seen as a vital element of many engagements. Indeed, the intersection between ICTD and HCI has historically been a place where such methods were utilised, and early adoption of video for empowering communities in self-representation and self-determination took place [34]. The potential of Participatory Video (PV) to produce vivid narratives and enable communities to tell their own stories meant that these approaches are now considered a valuable method of data collection "for bringing communities together to tell their story and explore solutions" [24].…”