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From Feedback to Features: A Community-informed Codesign of Technology for Produce Prescription Programs
Presenters:
- Michelle Cobb, PhD
- Director of Production
- JH Media Group
- Stefan Bucur
- Senior Project Manager
- JH Media Group
- Owusua Yamoah, PhD, MA
- Research Scientist and Community Engaged Research Lead
- Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health
- School of Medicine
- Case Western Reserve University
Produce Prescription (PRx) enables healthcare providers to prescribe free or low-cost fruits and vegetables to patients managing chronic conditions like pre-diabetes, diabetes, obesity, and hypertension. Patients "fill" these prescriptions at participating food pharmacies, farmer's markets, grocery stores, or through home delivery. These programs are a promising approach to addressing food insecurity and diet-related chronic disease by connecting patients with fresh fruits and vegetables. As these programs grow, technology has the potential to enhance their reach, efficiency, and impact. This webinar presents a community-informed codesign process that was undertaken to develop a technology tool for produce prescription programs. Using an iterative approach, our team engaged key stakeholders including parents with young children, healthcare providers, and PRx stakeholders to obtain feedback about new technology features for PRx. Working hand-in-hand with app developers, the feedback were translated into app features to support PRx implementation.
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Describe the codesign process used to engage key stakeholders in the development of a technology for produce prescription programs.
- Identify and apply best practices for iterative, community-informed technology development process
- Leverage key lessons to enhance technology codesign processes
This event will be virtual. You will receive the Zoom meeting link once you register.