Try to see it my way: exploring the co-design of visual presentations of well-being through a workshop process

Craven, Michael P.; Goodwin, Rachel; Rawsthorne, Mat; Butler, Debbie; Waddingham, Paula; Brown, Susan; Jamieson, Matthew

Abstract

Aims: A 10-month project funded by the NewMind network sought to develop the specification of a visualisation toolbox that could be applied on digital platforms (web- or app- based) to support adults with lived experience of mental health difficulties to present and track their personal well-being in an multi-media format.

Methods: A participant co-design methodology, Double Diamond from the Design
Council (Great Britain),was used consisting of 4 phases: Discover - a set of literature and app searches of well-being and health visualisation material; Define – an initial workshop with participants with lived experience of mental health problems to discuss well-being and visualisation techniques and to share personal visualisations; Develop – a second workshop to add detail to personal visualisations e.g., forms of media to be employed, degree of control over sharing. Deliver – to disseminate the learning from the exercise.

Results: Two design workshops were held in December 2017 and April 2018 with 13 and 12 experts-by-experience involved respectively, including 2 peer researchers (co-authors) and 2 individual-carer dyads in each workshop, with over 50% of those being present in both workshops. Twenty detailed visualisations were produced, the majority focussing on highly personal and detailed presentations of well-being.

Discussion: Whilst participants concurred on a range of typical dimensions of well-being, the individual visualisations generated were in contrast to the techniques currently employed by existing digital well-being apps and there was a great diversity in preference for different visualisation types. Participants considered personal visualisations to be useful as self-administered interventions or as a step towards seeking help, as well as being tools for self-appraisal.

Conclusions: The results suggest that an authoring approach using existing apps may provide the high degree of flexibility required. Training on such tools, delivered via a module on a recovery college course, could be offered.

Citation

Craven, M. P., Goodwin, R., Rawsthorne, M., Butler, D., Waddingham, P., Brown, S., & Jamieson, M. (2019). Try to see it my way: exploring the co-design of visual presentations of well-being through a workshop process. Perspectives in Public Health, 139(3), 153-161. https://doi.org/10.1177/1757913919835231

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 8, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Apr 8, 2019
• Publication Date: May 1, 2019
• Deposit Date: Feb 18, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 18, 2019
• Journal: Perspectives in Public Health
• Print ISSN: 1757-9139
• Electronic ISSN: 1757-9147
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 139
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 153-161
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1757913919835231
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1563201
• Publisher URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1757913919835231
• Contract Date: Feb 18, 2019