Converging on Bladder Health through Design Thinking: From an Ecology of Influence to a Focused Set of Research Questions
Lower urinary tract symptoms affect a substantial number of women in the United States (U.S.) and globally. In 2015, the Prevention of Lower Urinary tract Symptoms in women (PLUS) Research Consortium was funded to establish the scientific basis for prevention efforts by (1) understanding healthy bla...
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doaj-70192ab8189a4f03b27538839ff71bf92020-11-25T03:10:47ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1661-78271660-46012020-06-01174340434010.3390/ijerph17124340Converging on Bladder Health through Design Thinking: From an Ecology of Influence to a Focused Set of Research QuestionsJessica B. Lewis0Sonya S. Brady1Siobhan Sutcliffe2Ariana L. Smith3Elizabeth R. Mueller4Kyle Rudser5Alayne D. Markland6Ann Stapleton7Sheila Gahagan8Shayna D. Cunningham9Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (PLUS) Research Consortium10Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06520, USADivision of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USADepartment of Surgery, Division of Public Health Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USADepartment of Surgery, Division of Urology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USADivision of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USADivision of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USADepartment of Medicine, Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care, School of Medicine, University of Alabama and the Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical CenterBirmingham, AL 35233, USADepartment of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Disease, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USADepartment of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, CA 92161, USADepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06520, USADivision of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USALower urinary tract symptoms affect a substantial number of women in the United States (U.S.) and globally. In 2015, the Prevention of Lower Urinary tract Symptoms in women (PLUS) Research Consortium was funded to establish the scientific basis for prevention efforts by (1) understanding healthy bladder function and (2) identifying risk and protective factors for bladder health in women across the lifecourse. This transdisciplinary consortium generated a list of over 600 candidate risk and protective factors for bladder health in women and girls and refined and prioritized these into 29 focused research questions to inform a national longitudinal observational study in the U.S. This paper describes that process using design thinking, a human-centered set of principles and strategies by which innovations are developed, as a framework. Design thinking is an iterative process consisting of five stages: Empathizing with end-users of innovations, Defining core principles girding the work, Ideation of all possible solutions, and rapid-cycle Prototyping and Testing of solutions. Lessons learned are offered to inform future prevention science research endeavors that might benefit from such an approach.https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/12/4340lower urinary tract symptomdesign thinkingpreventionbladder healthtransdisciplinarypublic health |
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Jessica B. Lewis Sonya S. Brady Siobhan Sutcliffe Ariana L. Smith Elizabeth R. Mueller Kyle Rudser Alayne D. Markland Ann Stapleton Sheila Gahagan Shayna D. Cunningham Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (PLUS) Research Consortium |
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Jessica B. Lewis Sonya S. Brady Siobhan Sutcliffe Ariana L. Smith Elizabeth R. Mueller Kyle Rudser Alayne D. Markland Ann Stapleton Sheila Gahagan Shayna D. Cunningham Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (PLUS) Research Consortium Converging on Bladder Health through Design Thinking: From an Ecology of Influence to a Focused Set of Research Questions International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health lower urinary tract symptom design thinking prevention bladder health transdisciplinary public health |
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Jessica B. Lewis Sonya S. Brady Siobhan Sutcliffe Ariana L. Smith Elizabeth R. Mueller Kyle Rudser Alayne D. Markland Ann Stapleton Sheila Gahagan Shayna D. Cunningham Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (PLUS) Research Consortium |
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Converging on Bladder Health through Design Thinking: From an Ecology of Influence to a Focused Set of Research Questions |
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Converging on Bladder Health through Design Thinking: From an Ecology of Influence to a Focused Set of Research Questions |
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Converging on Bladder Health through Design Thinking: From an Ecology of Influence to a Focused Set of Research Questions |
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Converging on Bladder Health through Design Thinking: From an Ecology of Influence to a Focused Set of Research Questions |
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Converging on Bladder Health through Design Thinking: From an Ecology of Influence to a Focused Set of Research Questions |
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converging on bladder health through design thinking: from an ecology of influence to a focused set of research questions |
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
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Lower urinary tract symptoms affect a substantial number of women in the United States (U.S.) and globally. In 2015, the Prevention of Lower Urinary tract Symptoms in women (PLUS) Research Consortium was funded to establish the scientific basis for prevention efforts by (1) understanding healthy bladder function and (2) identifying risk and protective factors for bladder health in women across the lifecourse. This transdisciplinary consortium generated a list of over 600 candidate risk and protective factors for bladder health in women and girls and refined and prioritized these into 29 focused research questions to inform a national longitudinal observational study in the U.S. This paper describes that process using design thinking, a human-centered set of principles and strategies by which innovations are developed, as a framework. Design thinking is an iterative process consisting of five stages: Empathizing with end-users of innovations, Defining core principles girding the work, Ideation of all possible solutions, and rapid-cycle Prototyping and Testing of solutions. Lessons learned are offered to inform future prevention science research endeavors that might benefit from such an approach. |
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lower urinary tract symptom design thinking prevention bladder health transdisciplinary public health |
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