Co-designing consumer resources

Co-designing information consumer resources 

There is often an expectation that people need certain information to understand their condition and/or to make informed choices about treatments. But who makes the decision about what information counts as important, and how this is communicated? If people do not have access to information such that it makes sense to and for them, it can exclude people from their healthcare, or to seek care. What constitutes information as being relevant is often decided by and through the healthcare systems. This has the effect of excluding knowledge and information that comes from non-western / biomedical knowledge. Knowledge is not power. Power is about who gets to decide whose, and what, knowledge is deemed important. 

Culturally centred co-design is collaborative design that is community and user driven. Rather than relying on traditionally extractive academic processes, it is inherently inclusive, and involves learning about, and working alongside communities to prioritise local, lived knowledge and experience.

Our co-designed resources are Know Your Period and Colposcopy 101.