Mrs Louise Splatt1
1East Metropolitan Health Service, Perth, Australia
Abstract:
HabitHack is a digital application to support young people transitioning back to their community after a mental health admission. Conceptualised by students at the John Curtin College of the Arts, HabitHack was a winning concept in the 2021 East Metropolitan Health Service (EMHS) Innovation Think Tank challenge. It will connect users with their recent inpatient programs and experiences and assist them to integrate and translate learned behaviours into sustained recovery practices techniques, via a self-directed program.
This project is now funded through the Western Australian Future Health Research & Innovation Fund (FHRI) to develop HabitHack to maturity. Based on co-design principles, HabitHack is being created by current and previous students at John Curtin College of the Arts, clinicians of East Metropolitan Youth Unit (EMYU), digital technology specialists and EMHS Innovation staff.
This presentation outlines the steps taken to ensure adherence to a true co-design process, from the initial idea and scoping, funding application, planning and prototype development, with shared learnings from this journey and an update on the initial prototype.