Category: Research

From Research to Intervention: Creating Healthier Futures with Indian Youth

By Soo Young Lee, Ci3 Research Specialist Health disparities research helps to document critical gaps in outcomes across a variety of domains, however, rarely are young people involved in designing the interventions to reduce these disparities. To address this problem, Ci3 at the University of Chicago launched Kissa Kahani, an India-based project that applies multimedia storytelling and innovative participatory … Continue reading From Research to Intervention: Creating Healthier Futures with Indian Youth

Co-Designing Adolescent-Centered Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

By Amanda Geppert, Director, Ci3 Design Thinking Lab Laura Paradis, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Design Lead, Ci3 Design Thinking Lab The Ci3 Design Thinking Lab (DTL) works with young people and providers to understand how sexual and reproductive healthcare could work better for youth and young adults. Recognizing that young people face challenges in … Continue reading Co-Designing Adolescent-Centered Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

Quality Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare in the Justice System

By Lee Hasselbacher, J.D. Sr. Policy Researcher The Mobile Health Unit, one of Ci3’s Design Thinking Lab projects, seeks to find new ways to meet young people where they are and provide the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care they desire. We believe that through designing new systems of delivery in partnership with communities and … Continue reading Quality Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare in the Justice System

GCC Introduces “Hearsay,” a New Storytelling Sex Ed Card Game

Hearsay is a storytelling card game about contraception and safer sex. It’s also a game about relationships, emotions, and social networks. Playtesters have compared it to collaboratively writing a soap opera out loud. The Game Changer Chicago Design Lab made Hearsay for high school sex ed classrooms to prompt discussions about birth control and safer … Continue reading GCC Introduces “Hearsay,” a New Storytelling Sex Ed Card Game

Kissa Kahani’s Anecdotes and Stories

By Marquez Rhyne Director, Transmedia Story Lab Last year, Ci3’s Transmedia Story Lab (TSL) launched Kissa Kahani, a two-year, international project that uses multimedia approaches, storytelling, and novel research techniques to better understand and promote gender equity in the urban areas of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. In Hindi, Kissa Kahani loosely translates as “anecdotes and stories.” We landed … Continue reading Kissa Kahani’s Anecdotes and Stories