Participatory Design Workshop: Vietnam
Co-creating an understanding of the Finnish 'babybox' in international health and wellbeing contexts
May 2019
Purpose: To develop an understanding of Vietnamese maternity care, services, and experience. Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of users and providers
Skills: Active listening, co-operation, respect for others and their opinions
Group size: 3 to 4 groups of 6/7 participants with a mix of ages, gender and perspectives: parents, siblings, grandparents, healthcare workers, etc.
Programme
| Morning session | Activity | Resources/Considerations | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welcome and introductions: people, objectives |
Ice breaker activity: Participants to draw a picture of themselves within a family tree to capture family support networks and relationships - immediate/distance |
Paper Coloured pens Audio recording Photographic record of activity |
30 - 45 minutes |
| The baby box as an object... |
Introduction to baby box: Boards will be used to introduce the concept. Discussion capturing participants' perceptions. Is there already a cultural alternative? |
Baby box images Audio recording Photographic record of activity |
30 - 45 minutes |
| Objects: witnesses of your childhood |
In advance of the workshop, participants (and facilitators) are requested to bring with them an object that holds a significant memory of their childhood: people, places and relationships. The discussion commences with the facilitators' stories as an ice-breaker. Participants also photographed with their object (for future use in a film). Situated outside, natural environment as a backdrop, holding the object + head shot with hand out-stretched holding the object and level with their head. |
Audio recording Photographic record of activity Camera with NEF res. setting |
30 - 45 minutes |
| Afternoon session | Activity | Resources/Considerations | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Understanding caring practices/systems |
Each participant is asked to recollect an instance where they had to solve a problem and what steps/actions did they take to solve it? Two contexts: a) an everyday event, b) a significant health-related event (related to them, their baby or family member. This could be a discussion or we could ask them to draw the events to attain a visual record. Metaphor questions as a lead in for the LSP activity: 'if the health service was an animal, what type of animal would it be?' |
Audio recording Photographic record of activity Paper, coloured pens |
40 - 60 minutes |
| Understanding participants' health priorities |
Card sorting
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Audio recording Cards/visual triggers Paper, coloured pens and post-its Photographic record of activity |
40 - 60 minutes |
| Aspirational vision of the future in a maternity context: individual, parents, family, community |
LSP activities: a) build a simple model that describes your typical day in your community b) If you could affect change (in a maternity context) build an aspirational model that reflects this future: service, experience, relationships, products |
Audio recording Photographic record of activity Lego |
40 - 60 minutes |