Inclusive Innovation: Better Public Health through Co-Creation and Participatory Influence

Important results from the project

The project has used the knowledge of the target group to create a system analysis that will form the basis for development and research. The system map shows complex support processes and uncertain access to care that worsens ill health, but also positive loops that give hope. A new method has been tested to collect experiences from vulnerable groups, which had good effects for the target group. The result has strengthened collaboration and led to a new proposal for an implementationproject.

Expected long term effects

The project has raised the voices of those living in vulnerability and made them experts on their own needs. Through system analysis and testing a new method, we have gained valuable knowledge about obstacles and opportunities for better living conditions. The result strengthens trust in society, demonstrates the target group´s willingness to contribute and provides a simple, cost-effective model that can be used widely to create solutions together with those affected.

Approach and implementation

Interviews were conducted with experts from the target group for the project who were recruited through Sörmlands Stadsmissions activities. The questions identified how the experts experience their life and health. Two more workshops were then held to go deeper into the problem analysis and the experts´ perspectives on the situation. Through the knowledge, a thematic system map was developed. The system map was then presented to collaboration actors and stakeholders at two workshops.

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