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- Creators: Takamura, John
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Overview: Transition from the pediatric to adult care setting for 'emerging adults' (ages 18- 26) continues to develop as a growing concern in health care. The Adolescent Transition Program teaches chronically ill 'emerging adults' disease self-management skills while promoting a healthy lifestyle. Transferring this knowledge is vital for successful health care outcomes. Unfortunately, patients who have been transferred to the adult care setting, report that they felt lost in the system due to lack of communication between care teams, inadequate support systems, and insufficient disease management knowledge. To address these gaps, the design of the physical environment must adapt to these challenges while also meeting the needs of various chronic illnesses. Methodology: Design thinking or human-centered design was utilized as the vehicle to discover unmet 'emerging adult' and adolescent health clinician needs. Ethnographic research methods involved observations at adolescent health clinics and in learning environments outside of the healthcare setting as well as interviews with 5 outpatient adolescent clinicians. A survey was also conducted with 16 'emerging adults' to understand how they learn. Lastly, a literature review explored the history of the adolescent, adolescent development, adolescence and chronic illness, and The Adolescent Transition Program. Results: Findings revealed that physical environment must be conducive to meet a variety of clinical and education activities such as chronic disease management, support adolescent development, and should be more human-centered. The space should transform to the patient education or clinical activity rather than the activity transforming to the space. Five design recommendations were suggested to ensure that the outpatient clinic supported both clinician and 'emerging adults' needs.
ContributorsAlmon, Natalie (Author) / Bernardi, Jose (Thesis advisor) / Takamura, John (Committee member) / Damgaard, Anni (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2014
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In today’s interconnected and multidisciplinary design practices, collaboration as pivotal. It’s not only a fundamental aspect of successful design outcomes but also influences the way designers work and connect with others. This dissertation delves into the intricacies of collaboration in design, spanning both educational and professional realms. The research is segmented into four studies, each offering unique insights.The first study, drawing upon students’ experiences with Participatory Design (PD), underscores how the iterative and feedback-driven nature of PD fosters a deeper understanding of collaboration from students’ perspectives. Students transition from mere designers to facilitators, negotiators, and learners, emphasizing the significance of trust, empathy, and empowerment. The second study offers a glimpse into the intricacies of collaboration in strategic design live projects. Here, facilitation and communication skills are pivotal, enabling students to work alongside clients. This study magnifies the importance of a designer’s role in effectively interfacing with clients and understanding multifaceted team dynamics. Moving from the educational realm to the professional domain, the third study delves into the demand for co-design skills in the industry. Contrary to expectations, terms associated with ‘co-design’, or ‘participatory design’ were sparsely present in design job postings, identifying a significant gap between academic collaboration terminology and industry practice, this highlights the need for bridging academic discourse with practical applications. The fourth study presents an exploration of collaboration in professional design practices. It reveals collaboration as a symbiotic blend of diverse skills, knowledge, emotions, and shared objectives. This study addresses the essence of collaboration in design from the professionals’ perspectives and identifies both the barriers and facilitators when designers understand and prepare others in collaboration.
Collectively, this dissertation not only provides a comprehensive view of collaboration in design but also seeks to bridge design education with the profession. Recommendations for design education emphasize the integration of real-world collaboration dynamics, equipping future designers to navigate professional collaboration challenges adeptly. By shedding light on how designers navigate their interactions with various stakeholders in both educational and professional spheres, it can provide invaluable insights for design educators and professionals, advocating for an enhanced collaborative ethos in the design domain.
ContributorsXie, Yumeng (Author) / Mejía, G. Mauricio G.M.M. (Thesis advisor) / Takamura, John (Committee member) / Henriksen, Danah (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2023
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ABSTRACTThis study focuses on the patient-therapist relationship in the physical therapy and
rehabilitative field. It also studies the concept of stigma that users of assistive and
rehabilitative devices face intrinsically and extrinsically. Stigma users of these devices
face while going through therapy often leads to device abandonment and regression in
rehabilitation. The purpose of this study is to identify the most common types of stigma
experienced by these users, to evaluate how patients and therapist interact, and what
possible gaps in communication they may have, ultimately to explore the potential
benefits of incorporating industrial design practices into the physical therapy and
rehabilitative field, in an attempt to alleviate the identify pain points in regards to the
aforementioned. A mixed-method qualitative/quantitative approach was taken through
the use of survey, interviews, and observational study. Weekly, 2-3 hour site visits to
SWAN Rehab in Phoenix, AZ were made to conduct said interviews and observation,
while digital surveys were dispersed through multiple online channels. Key findings
include that common stigmas experienced by device users are being labeled as “other”
or being seen as “less than” by others, and that assistive and rehabilitative devices leave
much to be desired. Lastly, the implementation of an industrial designer into the
patient-therapist relationship is a route that needs to be explored further. Agile design is
a facet of industrial design that may prove useful in this field, but require future research
to substantiate. This future research may include applied projects involving a patient,
therapist, and designer, where assistive and rehabilitative devices are customized
specifically for the patient in question. An ethnographic study is also necessary to gain a
deeper understanding of what physical therapy truly entails.
Keywords: Stigma, Patient-Therapist Relationship, Industrial Design
ContributorsJanes, Solomon (Author) / Takamura, John (Thesis advisor) / Shin, Dosun (Committee member) / Hoffner, Kristin (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2023