{"id":26720,"date":"2020-10-29T06:10:15","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T06:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=26720"},"modified":"2020-10-29T06:10:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T06:10:15","slug":"working-together-to-design-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=26720","title":{"rendered":"working together to design better"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

WHO\u00a0and partners launch\u00a0new guidance\u00a0on\u00a0designing digital health interventions with and for young\u00a0people.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
\n

Digital tools are an increasingly popular approach to improving health worldwide\u00a0\u2013\u00a0particularly\u00a0among adolescents and young people, who are accessing the internet at earlier\u00a0stages of life.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

Youth-centred\u00a0digital health interventions<\/a><\/em>\u00a0is a new framework\u00a0developed by WHO, HRP, UNESCO, <\/span>UNICEF and\u00a0UNFPA. It\u00a0provides guidance on\u00a0effective planning, development and implementation\u00a0of digital solutions with and for young people\u00a0to address the\u00a0<\/span>many\u00a0health challenges<\/a>\u00a0they\u00a0may face as they grow into adulthood.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Meaningful youth engagement at every step\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
\n

This is critical when working with young people, who\u00a0still encounter considerable resistance<\/a>\u00a0to being viewed as equal and valuable partners\u00a0in\u00a0programme\u00a0design and delivery.\u00a0This is true\u00a0even when it comes to\u00a0programmes, strategies, policies, funding mechanisms and organizations that directly affect their lives.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

The new framework includes a list of \u201cdo\u2019s and don\u2019ts\u201d for engaging young people in the process of digital health design and delivery, based on consultation with young\u00a0social\u00a0media influencers, health content and intervention developers, health advocates,\u00a0educators, and current or future health professionals.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

\u201cYoung people are the experts on their own health needs, the technologies they use and how they access information<\/strong>,\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0Dr\u00a0Lianne Gonsalves, technical officer in the WHO Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, who led the development of this guidance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

\u201cYouth-centred\u00a0digital interventions<\/em>\u00a0is a pathway to collaboration: trusting young people, learning from them and paying them for their work.\u00a0As well as being essential for successful solutions, meaningful youth engagement empowers young people to evolve from beneficiaries, to partners, to leaders.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Learning lessons from the first generation of youth-centred\u00a0interventions\u00a0<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
\n

Aligning\u00a0with\u00a0a\u00a0growing body of WHO digital health guidance, the new framework\u00a0builds on important lessons learned from\u00a0the first\u00a0generation\u00a0of youth-focused digital health\u00a0interventions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

Instead of\u00a0standalone websites and SMS-based pilot\u00a0programmes\u00a0that are not integrated into existing health infrastructure, the new guidance notes that solutions should complement and enhance existing digital and non-digital tools already in the health system.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

The next generation of digital health designers, developers, researchers and funders can use the framework to learn from the experiences of experts in the field \u2013 missteps, course corrections and successes \u2013 and better meet young people\u2019s diverse health needs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

WHO and the future of digital\u00a0health\u00a0<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
\n

With the right approach and effective investment, digital health tools have the potential to transform health services and help\u00a0to achieve\u00a0universal\u00a0health\u00a0coverage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

WHO has a growing suite of digital\u00a0health tools\u00a0which can help\u00a0countries effectively put into place, scale-up, maintain, and evaluate the impact of digital health\u00a0interventions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

\u201cThe\u00a0DIIG\u00a0and the\u00a0youth-centred\u00a0framework\u00a0are underpinned by the same core steps for digital health intervention development<\/strong>,\u201d said\u00a0Dr Garrett Mehl,\u00a0scientist in\u00a0digital innovations and research\u00a0at the\u00a0WHO Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research including HRP.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

\u201cUsed together, these tools can enable\u00a0meaningful youth engagement, responsible investment and long-term good governance for digital health interventions \u2013 ultimately ensuring that every young person has access to the health care, information and education that is right for them<\/strong>.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WHO\u00a0and partners launch\u00a0new guidance\u00a0on\u00a0designing digital health interventions with and for young\u00a0people.\u00a0\u00a0 Digital tools are an increasingly popular approach to improving health worldwide\u00a0\u2013\u00a0particularly\u00a0among adolescents and young people, who are accessing the internet at earlier\u00a0stages of life.\u00a0\u00a0 Youth-centred\u00a0digital health interventions\u00a0is a new framework\u00a0developed by WHO, HRP, UNESCO, UNICEF and\u00a0UNFPA. It\u00a0provides guidance on\u00a0effective […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-life-style"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/students-in-ethiopa.tmb-1200v.jpgsfvrsna4052420_2.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}