Improving the reporting of health research involving design: a proposed guideline

Abstract

box ► Design is being used more frequently in global health practice but is not reported on sufficiently for transparency, evaluability and wider dissemination. ► Reporting guidelines are useful in improving the quality and quantity of dissemination of work in peer-reviewed literature for global health. ► Building on available literature and current practice in design for global health, we present a reporting guideline that can be used by scholars and practitioners applying design in their work, and invite input on this work. ► We present draft guidance which we recommend for reporting on design for global health in order to improve the evidence base for design in global health.

Social Innovation For Health Research: Development of the SIFHR Checklist

“…Research reporting standards have greatly developed in the past 2 decades, leading to dedicated clearinghouses and collaborations such as the EQUATOR Network, REWARD Campaign, and explicit advocacy and endorsement of such standards in intergovernmental policies and high-level documents aimed at increasing the value of research and reducing research waste [ 5 – 8 ]. Research checklists can spur multidisciplinary research [ 9 , 10 ], increase transparency [ 9 , 11 , 12 ], improve reporting completeness[ 9 , 11 – 13 ], and facilitate easier comparison and replicability of study results and findings [ 9 , 13 , 14 ]. While some checklists are focused on reporting methods [ 14 ] and others focus more on the details in reporting results [ 13 ], there are some checklists that report on both methods and results [ 11 ].…”

Social innovation research checklist: A crowdsourcing open call and digital hackathon to develop a checklist for research to advance social innovation in health

“…Research checklists can spur multi-disciplinary research,(4,5) increase transparency,(4,6,7) improve reporting completeness(4,6,8) and facilitate easier comparison and replicability of study results and findings. (4,8,9) While some checklists are focused on reporting methods(9) and others focus more on the details in reporting results,(8) there are some checklists that report on both methods and results. (6) Overall, these checklists help researchers plan, execute, and report their processes and outcomes.…”

“…However, there has been no research checklist targeting research for social innovation and only one focuses on design in global health. (4) In addition, meetings led by the Social Innovation in Health Initiative (SIHI), a group convened by TDR (the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, co-sponsored by UNICEF, UNDP, the World Bank, and WHO), highlight the need for research tools to advance social innovation in healthcare delivery in LMICs. (10–12) The purpose of this manuscript is to describe the development of a research checklist to assess and report social innovation projects as well as highlight the importance of research in social innovation projects.…”

Human-centered design process and solutions to promote malaria testing and treatment seeking behavior in Guyana hinterlands

“…During the Design & Test phase, in which users test solutions that further iterate, the process tends to have less focus on an auditable and replicable process compared to projects led by socio-behavioral sciences (10). Given these challenges, the authors employed health research reporting guidelines for HCD projects to encourage replicability and proper dissemination for this manuscript (11). Throughout the project, the team documented the process using re ection sessions after it completed each phase.…”