Deadline: 28-Feb-23
The Social Entrepreneurship to Spur Health (SESH) team, the Social Innovation in Health Initiative (SIHI), and the Ending HIV Transmission by Optimizing PrEP in East Asia (HOPE) consortium are organizing this call for descriptions of how people have organized their designathons.
Exceptional ideas will be recognized by the UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) and included in a practical guide. In addition, selected finalists will be invited to join a consensus group to finalize a global consensus statement.
A designathon (aka hackathon, spring collaboration, intensive workshop) is a three-stage activity that includes an open call for ideas and participants, an intensive period of collaborative work, and follow-up activities (Tucker et al., 2018). The purpose of this project is to gather practices and practical tips related to designathons for health in order to inform the development of a global SIHI/TDR consensus statement on organizing health designathons.
Prizes
All participants who receive a mean score of 8/10 or greater on the 1-10 scale will receive a certificate of commendation. Themes from the submitted texts will be analyzed to inform the development of a joint international consensus document in partnership with the SIHI network. Finally, selected individuals will be invited to join the working group that develops the consensus statement. At least four finalists will be supported to join the in-person consensus meeting that will occur in July 2023 in Chicago, USA.
Benefits
- Se part of the development of a ‘Practical Guide on Designathons in Health
- Four finalists will be supported to join a consensus meeting in Chicago, Unice! States in July 2023.
Eligible Questions
- Have you organized a designathon on a health-related topic?
- What challenges did you encounter with your designathon, and how did you overcome those challenges?
- What activities were key ingredients for the success of your designathon?
Eligibility Criteria
Participants must be 18 years or older to participate. Anyone who has organized or participated in a designathon for health is eligible to submit their ideas. They accept submissions using an online form, chat-based submissions, and audio/video submissions. You may submit as an individual or a group of up to four individuals.
Judging Criteria
Submissions will be judged on a 1-10 scale (1 lowest quality, 10 highest quality) according to the following five criteria that will assess the designathon process, outcomes or strategies described:
- Relevance to the call: This refers to the alignment between your submission and the objective of this call which is to identify practices and practical tips related to designathons for health.
- Clear and concise description: This refers to how clearly your designathon process, outcome or strategy is described.
- Impact: The broadly refers to the effectiveness, quality, or influence that your shared ideas, practices or experiences may have on guiding future designathons in health.
- Feasibility and scalability: Feasibility means that the designathon is organized in a way that is realistic and practical for the given context; scalability refers to how the designathon could be replicable to other contexts.
- Promotion of Equity: Has your designathon addressed inequities in the design, implementation, or evaluation?
For more information, visit SESH Global.
