Mental Health Place Based Care Care Coordination Health Literacy

Doodle Health: A Crowdsourcing Game for the Co-design and Testing of Pictographs to Reduce Disparities in Healthcare Communication

Carrie Christensen1, Doug Redd6, Erica Lake2, Jean P. Shipman2, Heather Aiono3, Roger Altizer, Jr7, Bruce Bray5, Qing T. Zeng6

1Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

2Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

3Genetic Science Learning Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

4Utah Poison Control Center, Skaggs Pharmacy Institute, Salt Lake City, UT

5Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

6Biomedical Informatics Center, George Washington University, Washington, DC

7Entertainment Arts and Engineering Program, University of Utah

Introduction

• Patients, especially those with limited health literacy skills, often experience difficulty understanding health information
• Some health information can be represented efficiently using graphics that are easier to understand
• Pictographs have been used to improve patient comprehension and recall