2023 journal article
Improving the Engagement of Underrepresented People in Health Research Through Equity-Centered Design Thinking: Qualitative Study and Process Evaluation for the Development of the Grounding Health Research in Design Toolkit
JMIR FORMATIVE RESEARCH, 7.
author keywords: health equity; patient participation; health behavior; universal design; human-centered design; COVID-19
TL;DR:
This study aimed to assess the use of equity-centered design thinking (EDT) for engaging community members in research prioritization related to COVID-19 and provided an alternative to traditional top-down models.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
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Added: July 3, 2023
Background Health inequalities are rooted in historically unjust differences in economic opportunities, environment, access to health care services, and other social determinants. Owing to these health inequalities, the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected underserved populations, notably people of color, incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals, and those unable to physically distance themselves from others. However, people most strongly impacted by health disparities, and the pandemic, are not frequently engaged in research, either as researchers or as participants, resulting in slow progress toward improving health equity. Establishing ways to foster the engagement of historically excluded people is crucial to improving health equity through patient-centered health research.