| dc.description.abstract | According to the World Health Organization (WHO) close to 800 000 people
die to suicide every year. In WHO’s Mental Health Action Plan for 2013-2020,
The Member States have committed themselves to work towards the goal of
decreasing the suicide rate by 10% by 2020. Norway is one of 38 countries who
has a national suicide prevention strategy and aims for this goal.
The goal was set when the Norwegian number of deaths to suicide were 550,
in 2013. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health released the figures for 2017
showing that the suicide rate had increased with 6,5% instead of the planned
decrease
Preventing suicide is a complex and challenging subject. The project research has
dived into the different suicide prevention and mental health services offered in
Norway. Using the perspective of design mythology, the project aims to highlight
problems with the existing services. Building upon user insights and analysis the
project creates a framework on how to improve different services by using human
centered design principles.
The project uses the created design principles and user insights and applies this
to develop new features that are used to redesign the Norwegian Directorate of
Health’s mobile phone application, Heia Meg. The outcome is a human-centered
application that aims to offer users a unique and personal experience, helping the
users of the application achieving daily goals and getting a step closer to a state
of well-being. | en |
