Human centered design project in Nairobi Kenya focused on tackling stigma around reproductive health.
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Usinisunde Nichapie
“Don’t hide from me, just tell me”
This movement empowers youth through collaboration and drama, giving under-served communities a louder voice to speak about SRH topics, effacing the stigma against allowing the youth free access to SRH facilities. The youth, woke and ambitious, produce and perform this profound story.
Our research began by speaking to clinicians, healthcare providers and adolescents to identify pain points preventing youth from accessing SRH facilities.
We identified that the primary barrier preventing youth from accessing SRH facilities is the stigma surrounding SRH issues.
We created a play guide which tackled key SRH pain points identified by the youths. Our concept is heavily inspired by the stories of the 25 young adolescents, shared in 4 different creative workshops where we got to know each of them personally.
Usinisunde Nichapie
Field Work/Human-Centered Design/Education
Problem
HMW. . . (how might we) improve adolescents' access to sexual reproductive information and services.
Solution
Partnered with the Nairobi Design Institute, and worked with a team of international engineers and designers, through ideation, concept, design development, and final design assets. Designed a service to increase access and engagement with reproductive health services for young adults.
Team
This is a collaborative project with Hugo Richards, Khulood Alawadi, Wei Haw Huang, James Maina and Jerry Santo done in Nairobi Kenya.
Role
Design Researcher
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Interviewed young adults and practitioners about reproductive health, and utilised insight to steer design direction
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Hosted co-creator workshops to involve the community in design evolutions
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Created a suite of user research tools that improved insight capture
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