Category: Youth

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

South Side Speculations: Building Healthier and Freer Futures with Youth

By Erin Garcia Transmedia Collage is a two-year intergenerational program that aims to rethink the economic, political, and social structures that present long-term challenges for Chicago’s South Side community and its residents, especially young people. Led by Ci3’s Transmedia Story Lab and University of Illinois at Chicago’s (UIC) History Moves, the project engaged high school … Continue reading South Side Speculations: Building Healthier and Freer Futures with Youth

Branding a Youth-Centered Model of Care

By Catherine Wieczorek, Visual Communications Designer, Ci3 Design Thinking Lab How do you create a youth-facing brand for adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) education and awareness? This summer, during four workshops Ci3’s Design Thinking Lab did just that. During the spring, we invited 14 young people from several neighborhoods on Chicago’s South Side to … Continue reading Branding a Youth-Centered Model of Care

Making Contraceptive Choices Tangible For Youth

By Catherine Wieczorek, Visual Communications Designer, Ci3 Design Thinking Lab How does Ci3’s Design Thinking Lab (DTL) go from a prototype created during a participatory design workshop with young people, to a scalable communication tool? The idea of a tangible birth control counseling tool came directly from young people during our 2017 Summer Design Challenge, … Continue reading Making Contraceptive Choices Tangible For 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

Infection City: New GCC Board Game Pits Meningitis Against a Team of Epidemiologists

By Bea Malsky, A/V Specialist Game Changer Chicago Infection City is an asymmetrical board game about epidemiology, vaccines, public health resource distribution, and meningitis. Intended for use in high school classrooms, Infection City enlists its most treacherous player as an insidious infection and the rest as a team of epidemiologists defending the city of Chicago with … Continue reading Infection City: New GCC Board Game Pits Meningitis Against a Team of Epidemiologists