How to (or how not to) implement crowdsourcing for the development of health interventions

Lessons learned from four African countries

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ID15127014
AuthorsEneyi E Kpokiri (0000-0003-1180-1439, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, corresponding author), Mwelwa M Phiri (Zambart, Ridgeway Campus , Nationalist Road, Lusaka P.O. Box 50110), Mwelwa Phiri (0000-0001-6029-9372, Zambart), Melisa Martinez-Alvarez (0000-0003-4020-7527, MRC Unit The Gambia, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine , Atlantic Boulevard, Fajara, Banjul PO Box 273), Mandikudza Tembo (0000-0002-4520-3317, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), Chido Dziva Chikwari (0000-0003-1617-3603, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), Farirai Nzvere (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), Farirai Peter Nzvere (0000-0002-3260-6889, University of London), Aoife M Doyle (0000-0002-3305-7738, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), Joseph D Tucker (0000-0003-2804-1181, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), B Hensen (0000-0001-6719-6720, Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde)
Year2024
Volume39
Issue10
Pages1125-1131
Publication date2024-11-14
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth Policy and Planning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0268-1080 • E-ISSN: 1460-2237
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/heapol/czae078
PMID39404065
OpenAlexW4403443113
LanguageEN
References cited14

Crowdsourcing strategies are useful in the development of public health interventions. Crowdsourcing engages end users in a co-creation process through challenge contests, designathons or online collaborations. Drawing on our experience of crowdsourcing in four African countries, we provide guidance on designing crowdsourcing strategies across seven steps: deciding on the type of crowdsourcing strategy, convening a steering committee, developing the content of the call for ideas, promotion, evaluation, recognizing finalists and sharing back ideas or implementing the solutions

Business · Crowdsourcing · Crowdsourcing software development · Data science · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Knowledge management · Political science · Process (computing) · Promotion (chess) · Psychological intervention · Public relations · World Wide Web · Computer Science · FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance · Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development · Medicine · Nursing · Open Source Software Innovations

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