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participatory design, healthcare

What if young people co-created their healthcare system?

BACKGROUND

The Design Thinking Lab is on a mission to empower young people with tools to take control of their health and wellbeing. With a deep systemic understanding of some of the barriers adolescents face, the lab takes a hands-on role in teaching and learning from young people about how to create better systems for their lives.

Our team began by designing a five-week "Summer Design Challenge" with two cohorts of adolescents, aged 14-18. During our sessions, we relied on participatory design methods to help us engage, learn from, educate and build solutions together.

TEAM

Ci3 Design Thinking Lab at University of Chicago

COLLABORATORS

24 Chicago adolescents

COMMUNITY SUPPORT

Access Community Health - Englewood

Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality

Stay tuned, or contact me, for developments of this work. 

adolescents design
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