Designing an eHealth Well-Being Program: A Participatory Design Approach

Yannick van Hierden, Timo Dietrich and Sharyn Rundle-Thiele
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Yannick van Hierden: Social Marketing @ Griffith, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia
Timo Dietrich: Social Marketing @ Griffith, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia
Sharyn Rundle-Thiele: Social Marketing @ Griffith, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 14, 1-16

Abstract: In recent years, the relevance of eHealth interventions has become increasingly evident. However, a sequential procedural application to cocreating eHealth interventions is currently lacking. This paper demonstrates the implementation of a participatory design (PD) process to inform the design of an eHealth intervention aiming to enhance well-being. PD sessions were conducted with 57 people across four sessions. Within PD sessions participants experienced prototype activities, provided feedback and designed program interventions. A 5-week eHealth well-being intervention focusing on lifestyle, habits, physical activity, and meditation was proposed. The program is suggested to be delivered through online workshops and online community interaction. A five-step PD process emerged; namely, (1) collecting best practices, (2) participatory discovery, (3) initial proof-of-concept, (4) participatory prototyping, and (5) pilot intervention proof-of-concept finalisation. Health professionals, behaviour change practitioners and program planners can adopt this process to ensure end-user cocreation using the five-step process. The five-step PD process may help to create user-friendly programs.

Keywords: well-being; intervention; eHealth; participatory design; prevention (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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