Applying design to design: demonstrating how to create a human-centered design session interview guide for use with adolescents.

ABSTRACT: Digital health interventions (DHIs) hold promise for improving the reach of mental health care for adolescents, particularly those from under-resourced communities who may face significant barriers to accessing in-person care. Yet, low engagement and uptake have challenged DHIs' potency. Human-centered design (HCD) integrates end-users (i.e., future users of the DHI) into iterative design processes, thereby prioritizing their needs and preferences. Clinical scientists are increasingly embracing HCD, but often lack expertise in how to apply these methods in practice. We provide a template for creating a design session interview guide in a needs assessment, which is the first phase in our HCD process to design a DHI for dysregulated eating in adolescents. To create the guide, we first conduc

SUBMITTER: Kruger M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12043636 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature