As a Knowledge Hub, learning is at the heart of what we do. We learn and share insights with the Community of Practice. Our collective mission is to uncover, drive and share learning on how human-centered design (HCD) improves sexual and reproductive health needs and rights for youth and adolescents. Applying HCD approaches in AYSRH programming is an evolving practice in global health programming. Therefore we work to bring together existing knowledge and uncover new learnings. These help us to identify best practices and set quality standards in the HCD and AYSRH / Global Health space.

Our learning work focuses on identifying, consolidating and supporting the generation of new evidence on the application, evaluation and effect of HCD in AYSRH / Global Health; and increasing opportunities for leveraging and practicing HCD in AYSRH programming.

Key HCD Definitions

Learn more about the most commonly used terms in the application of human-centered design in AYSRH

Our Learning Work

Ultimately our learning work seeks to increase awareness about the role and value of using HCD in AYSRH / Global Health and to enhance the capacity to apply HCD in AYSRH programs. Since 2020, our learning work has focused on the following topics:

Adolescent Insights

We want to understand the current landscape of adolescent insights within HCD processes and AYSRH programming and how these insights are generated and applied to solutions

Youth Integration

We want to understand the most effective and meaningful ways in which youth are engaged in AYSRH programs and how HCD approaches play a role in that

 

Quality & Standards

We want to understand how HCD processes are fit to purpose in AYSRH programming and how practitioners address quality and standards within the HCD process

Measurement & Evaluation

We want to understand the evaluation frameworks and measurement metrics in HCD+AYSRH programming and the processes of implementing them