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Crowdsourcing to identify social innovation initiatives in health in low- and middle-income countries.
van Niekerk, Lindi; Ongkeko, Arturo; Hounsell, Rachel Alice; Msiska, Barwani Khaura; Mathanga, Don Pascal; Mothe, Josselyn; Juban, Noel; Awor, Phyllis; Balabanova, Dina.
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  • van Niekerk L; Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Ongkeko A; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
  • Hounsell RA; College of Medicine / National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines.
  • Msiska BK; Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Mathanga DP; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
  • Mothe J; College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi. barwanimsiska@gmail.com.
  • Juban N; College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi.
  • Awor P; Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Medicas (CIDEIM), Cali, Colombia.
  • Balabanova D; Pan American Health Organization, Washington, D.C, USA.
Infect Dis Poverty ; 9(1): 138, 2020 Oct 07.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33028407
BACKGROUND: Crowdsourcing is a distributed problem-solving and production mechanism that leverages the collective intelligence of non-expert individuals and networked communities for specific goals. Social innovation (SI) initiatives aim to address health challenges in a sustainable manner, with a potential to strengthen health systems. They are developed by actors from different backgrounds and disciplines. This paper describes the application of crowdsourcing as a research method to explore SI initiatives in health. METHODS: The study explored crowdsourcing as a method to identify SI initiatives implemented in Africa, Asia and Latin America. While crowdsourcing has been used in high-income country settings, there is limited knowledge on its use, benefits and challenges in low- and middle-income country (LMIC) settings. From 2014 to 2018, six crowdsourcing contests were conducted at global, regional and national levels. RESULTS: A total of 305 eligible projects were identified; of these 38 SI initiatives in health were identified. We describe the process used to perform a crowdsourcing contest for SI, the outcome of the contests, and the challenges and opportunities when using this mechanism in LMICs. CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrate that crowdsourcing is a participatory method, that is able to identify bottom-up or grassroots SI initiatives developed by non-traditional actors.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Innovación Organizacional / Colaboración de las Masas / Accesibilidad a los Servicios de Salud Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude Límite: Humans País/Región como asunto: Africa / Asia Idioma: En Revista: Infect Dis Poverty Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Sudáfrica Pais de publicación: Reino Unido

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Innovación Organizacional / Colaboración de las Masas / Accesibilidad a los Servicios de Salud Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude Límite: Humans País/Región como asunto: Africa / Asia Idioma: En Revista: Infect Dis Poverty Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Sudáfrica Pais de publicación: Reino Unido