WORKS ELABORATION:
As an element in the construction of a health supportive environment, Healthy Huts are not only self-served medical examination spaces provided by the local government for free for residents, but also public health serving sites in China that are constructed to promote the prevention and control of chronic diseases at the grassroots level and raise the health awareness of residents. Limited by the special nature of public health services (i.e. government regulated and free), Heathy Huts have encountered multiple issues, including low residential awareness, low service participation and difficulties in sustainable operation.
In order to increase the participation of Heathy Huts services, we finally design a new mode of community-based, hierarchically constructed Heathy Huts. New service mode and its supporting design solutions provides a reference for the actual construction of Heathy Huts in local areas.
TUTOR COMMENT:
The Heathy Huts project is a service design innovation and research based on the “Outline of the Healthy China 2030 Plan” proposed by the National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Diseases Control and Prevention of China CDC. The project has profound social value and practical significance. In the process of completing the project, Zhiyi Zhao proceeded from the actual situation and conducted many field investigations across the country. The data and insights are true and reliable, and have important implications on the service mode and the distribution network of healthy huts. The design systematically integrates touchpoints, products and service identification information, which reflects the comprehensive design ability and good learning attitude that of a master graduate.