(FOA)-Health x Design: Building Health into Everyday Life; May 27, 2019

 

Agency

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

 

Description

The focus of this design challenge is to imagine how, in the near future, we might use technology to make health an integral part of our daily routines. Many attempts to encourage healthy lifestyles rely on prompting people to make healthy decisions in the moment, while doing nothing to address the underlying infrastructure, norms, and culture that guide our behavior. For example, a FitBit might prompt us to take more steps, but it doesn’t touch the transportation infrastructure that makes commuting by car the default choice. Our environment has made it hard to be healthy, and our health care system can’t keep up. The United States spends far more on health care than any country in the world and yet, in terms of health outcomes, we achieve dismal results. We seek solutions that improve health, not just by focusing on health care and medicine, but also by taking a new look at the fundamentals of our everyday lives.

 

Amount: $5,000 (Prize 1: Address a target behavior at the systems level), $5,000 (Prize 2: Reimage a system or space)

 

Closing Date

Letter of Intent Due: May 27, 2019

Full Proposals Due: August 31, 2019

 

Link to Full Announcement

https://centerhxd.com/collaborations/health-x-design-building-health-into-everyday-life/

 

Contact Information

https://www.rwjf.org/en/contact.html