Health Co-Creation in Social Innovation: Design Service for Health-Empowered Society in China. (28th July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yin, Liang; Fassi, Davide; Cheng, Hang; Han, Han; He, Shushu
• Is Part Of: Design journal. Volume 20:(2016) Supplement 1
• Page Start: S2293
• Page End: S2303
• Publication Date: 2017-07-28
• Subjects: Co-design -- Social innovation -- Service Design -- Health-empowered society; Design -- Periodicals; 745.05
• DOI: 10.1080/14606925.2017.1352745
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1756-3062

Abstract

Abstract: Health is not only an individual or personal issue but a social related outcome co-created by a wide range of stakeholders. As public health challenge is proved to be a social issue, design service to promote social innovation could be an effective approach for health-empowered society. In China, designers co-created innovative service with stakeholders to promote social innovation approaching public health. Through some cases, how the service design tools and methods are applied to co-design healthcare service to meet the local need and how social innovation are co-created under the local social context are introduced. In the end, the effect of design strategies for health-empowered society through co-created social innovation are analysed.