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Table 1 Exploration phase: co-creation retreat

From: A mobile cesarean birth center as a solution to improve access to surgical birth in rural Ethiopia: a mixed methods research protocol

 

Activity

Method

Goal

Iteration 1

Co-creation session

Role playing: act out a woman and her husband/family using the cesarean birth center

• One group; act out the scenario

• Discuss ideas

What was realistic?

What worked?

What issues arose?

Iteration 2

Co-creation cession

Storyboard: visually plot out the elements of the cesarean birth center

• Two groups; draw the story

• Present ideas

Who will use it?

Where will they use it?

How will they use it?

Iteration 3

Co-creation session

Individual optimization: ask each participant to write down/draw what they would change about the storyboard they worked on

• Individual work time

• Present ideas

Make it efficient

Make it effective

Make it appropriate

Make it acceptable

Iteration 4

Co-creation session

Business Model Canvas: complete a worksheet about key aspects of the cesarean birth center and what key criteria are required for the cesarean birth center to provide high-quality specialized care for obstructed labor

• Two groups; complete worksheet; present ideas

Make it feasible

Identify outcomes

Iteration 5

Co-creation session

Integrate feedback and iterate: share the feedback, synthesize, refine idea

• Focus group format, guided

• Conduct Four-Item quantitative assessment tool [46]

Ensure it is appropriate

Ensure it is acceptable

Ensure it is feasible