(i) Design of new health evidence visualisations with plain English ‘explainers’ to emphasise current health and well being risks posed by the ‘status quo’.
(ii) Co-design of public-facing communication materials to improve understanding of health impacts of streets through an adaptation of the Healthy Streets Indicators and relevant concepts.
(iii) Co-Production of a short film highlighting the individual and familial impacts of current street design and traffic volume and flow impacts and the possibilities for positive change, drawing on lay evidence. This builds on our prior work producing generic short films on the impacts of built environments on health which have demonstrated the potential power of lived experience story-telling.
(iv) Co-design of reciprocal, deliberative engagement activities to facilitate discussions drawing on the above materials as evidence. These will create a space for the public to discuss the relationship between the built environment and health, their concerns and ideas for positive change. We will prompt discussion using creative, accessible, and engaging visual and audio materials that can be adapted to a range of demographic groups.
We will be testing all three elements with the public in Bristol, where various urban street transformation interventions have been initiated over recent years.
Our materials and activities will be co-designed with members of the public, including the TRUUD Public Advisory Group, partner community organisations and creative specialists from the organisation Knowle West Media Centre.
