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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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  • Jessica B. Lewis

    (Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06520, USA)

  • Sonya S. Brady

    (Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA)

  • Siobhan Sutcliffe

    (Department of Surgery, Division of Public Health Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA)

  • Ariana L. Smith

    (Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA)

  • Elizabeth R. Mueller

    (Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA)

  • Kyle Rudser

    (Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA)

  • Alayne D. Markland

    (Department 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, USA)

  • Ann Stapleton

    (Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Disease, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA)

  • Sheila Gahagan

    (Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, CA 92161, USA)

  • Shayna D. Cunningham

    (Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06520, USA)

  • Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (PLUS) Research Consortium

    (Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA)

Abstract

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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  • 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 o, 2020. "Converging on Bladder Health through Design Thinking: From an Ecology of Influence to a Focused Set of Research Questions," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(12), pages 1-17, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:12:p:4340-:d:372863
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