Co-Design or Adapt the Intervention
By using user-centered design principles, evidence based interventions can be optimized to solve specific problems
Tips to Co-Designing an Intervention
Why is this component important?
Co-designing is a collaborative, iterative process where teams work with end users and partners to create interventions that fit the needs of the user and the setting. With user-centered design, engagement should be iterative and have rapid turnaround between cycles.
What are the goals of this step?
Design a product quickly, keeping in mind the needs of the end-users (patients, clinical staff) and system requirements (privacy, software compatibility, etc).
Rapidly iterate toward a polished product ready for testing.
Think about sustainment and dissemination early [See Sustainment and Dissemination Tip Sheets]
| Common Pitfalls | Actions to Avoid Them |
| Trying to design for ALL possible end-users | Clearly define users at the beginning. Get feedback from diverse partners to identify if there are unique needs. |
| Moving to a high-fidelity product too soon: taking too much time trying to get things perfect before testing | Ensure that all important partners have reviewed and are in support of the high-quality but low-fidelity product first to avoid delays and wasted expense. |
| Falling in love with early versions | Let the user input guide the product based on their needs. They may not like an early version. |