How to (or how not to) implement crowdsourcing for the development of health interventions: lessons learned from four African countries
Eneyi Edith Kpokiri, Mwelwa Muleba Phiri, Melisa Martínez-Álvarez, Mandikudza Tembo, Chido Dziva Chikwari, Farirai P Nzvere, Aoife Margaret Doyle, Joseph D. Tucker, Bernadette Hensen · Health Policy and Planning · 2024
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.