Design research in healthcare can be demanding. We report on eight challenges that designers and design researchers face when working on healthcare projects. We conducted four workshops with design researchers active in healthcare: six PhD candidates, a mixed group of thirteen design researchers, twelve design students, and eight design practitioners. Participants shared critical events from…
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Design for Health is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering Innovative Human-Technology Interaction, Persona Design and Applications, Art Therapy and Mental Health.
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
|---|---|
| Reference style | Author–year (Chicago, T&F) Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Design for Health 12 (3): 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Innovative Human-Technology Interaction Persona Design and Applications Art Therapy and Mental Health Participatory Visual Research Methods Technology Use by Older Adults |
| ISSN | 2473-5132 |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 1 |
| h-index | 21 |
| i10-index | 56 |
| Total citations | 1,722 |
| Top institutions publishing here | Auckland University of Technology |
| Journal website | www.tandfonline.com |
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In recent decades, hospital design literature has paid increasing attention to an apparent need to 'humanize' hospital environments. Despite the prevalence of this design goal, the concept of 'humanizing' a space has rarely been defined or interrogated in depth. This article focuses on the meaning of humanization, as a necessary step towards understanding its implementation…
In this article, we focus on the design method of mapping the patient journey in order to support the inclusion of the patient perspective into care service innovations. Increasingly, designers in health use the patient journey approach, however, its method is relatively poorly documented. To ground the activities of the patient journey method, we conducted…
Recent research has investigated the impact of design on providing multisensory experience for people with dementia living in care homes, particularly the quality of multisensory environments (MSEs). This interdisciplinary research evolved from a broad consideration of the role of design in dementia care enhancing the wellbeing of people living with dementia and their carers. Previous…
This case study presents the first project undertaken in a recent in-hospital design collaboration – the Design for Health and Wellbeing Lab (DHW Lab). Specifically, we explore some of the challenges and opportunities associated with designing a journey map for the Adult Emergency Department, the DHW Lab's first opportunity to put co-design into practice. The…