Merry Christmas 2011
As we begin to say goodbye to 2011 and hello to the holidays that greet the end of one year
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Health for Design
The Design4Health conference is on this week bringing together designers from different fields together with health policy, practice and research
Read moreThe Design of Health
The social challenges from chronic disease, environmental threats, social migration, aging populations, economic disparities, and a more globalized, multicultural world require strategies that bring the best ideas to the table, strategies to realize them, and values that make these actions more equitable for everyone. Health promotion + design is one way to achieve this.
Read moreGaming the Health System for Innovation and Change
Yesterday I attended the Cure4Kids Global Health Summit at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. The three day event
Read moreBranded Knowledge: Does This Make Sense for Health?
Commercial products relying heavily on branding to entice their purchase and use in a crowded marketplace. Is this something that
Read moreDesign for Sex, Gender and Health (Celebrating International Women’s Day)
Bringing design and health promotion closer together has the potential to do women and everyone better by considering the locations — social and physical — in which sex influences health and wellbeing and consciously designing situations that improve it. As we celebrate this International Women’s Day, it is worth considering ways to make sex and gender more conscious in our work and how we might design for both at a foundational level.
Read moreComplexity, Interaction Design and Social Media
Social media, like all human activities, involves designed interactions in a complex environment. How we design for this space is as much about the social as it is the media.
Read moreBehaviour and Bodies, Systems and Design
Drawing connections between our bodies and our behaviour reveals systems thinking in new ways that can lend themselves to contemplating greater ways to consider the relationship between design and its consequences on human health.
Read moreA Complex View of New Year’s Resolutions
By paying attention — being mindful — of what you’re doing and how it is working, you can start to build a longer-term strategy or pattern of activity that moves you along to where you want to go. It also prevents you from the let down at having not achieved your goals, but setting yourself up for success rather than failure. These kinds of strategies address the complexity of human lives and provide a useful replacement for New Year’s Resolutions.
Read moreChange as a Social Movement: Lessons for Mental Health?
Tackling HIV/AIDS has been made easier and more successful not by individual change, but by a social movement. A similar movement is needed for mental health and taking a systems approach to it is one way to get the ball rolling.
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