Table 1 Co-design workshop stations and methodology
Station | Research Questions to be Answered | Activities | Example questions & probes |
|---|---|---|---|
1) Tech Literacy | What level(s) of tech literacy are found within the participant group and what barriers are there to using technology to create more free time in their schedules? | Demo: Signing up & basic actions in NextDoor, collect feedback & potential concerns. What is missing? | If intimidated by technology, what can improve or change that? Who are participants comfortable asking for help when they need it (in relation to technology)? |
How we can leverage technology to organize communities for PA/ wellness and related barriers? | Talking about the apps participants use and what they like or dislike about them | If not NextDoor, what would you use to coordinate your schedule with other people to make more time to do things for yourself? | |
2) Free Time | Define as a group, the barriers to creating free time in participant schedules. | Poster: group discusses barriers to freeing time in one column and potential solutions in the other with room to fill in more as a group | If someone offers to do an activity you’re interested in doing and they say “whatever time works for you”, what time would you set it for? Why is that the ideal time? |
Identify potential solutions to specific scheduling and logistics challenges. | What would make you comfortable leaving your kids with another person? | ||
3) Physical Activity | How does “official” recommendation for exercise as a cancer prevention modifiable behavior fit into participants’ lives? | Looking at a chart of different physical activity options and using post-it notes to “vote” on which ones participants would like to do if they had time | Where is the most convenient place for physical activity to take place? (Are you more likely to go if it’s located--- close to your house or child’s school, etc.)? |
What do participants define as physical activity vs. what health community recommends? | A cardboard cube is passed around the group to facilitate and encourage feedback from all participants. Participants are encouraged to either write their thoughts directly onto the cube or say them out loud and the facilitator acts as a scribe where necessary. | CDC recommends 150 min of of exercise, − how realistic is that for you? How long (maximum) would you typically exercise for if you could? Would you like to do this together with other participants and/or with your children, or alone? | |
4) Community Champion | Who would participants ‘elect’ to be the person that would encourage and facilitate physical activity for them? | Two themes - 2 large post its, people put post it notes with adjectives / ideas on each one First Post It: What do you want champion to do? | Do you have anyone in your community you look to as a leader? What about that person qualifies them for that role? |
Do participants want the person to model what they’re supposed to be doing OR just someone from their network that they can connect with ? | Second Post It: What characteristics are you looking for? | How would you like your champion to communicate with you? |