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THE
CHALLENGES
During the scoping phase of this project, our team demonstrated how to work through challenges and potential road blocks with design thinking.
CHALLENGE STATEMENT
HOW CAN WE IMPROVE
ACCESS, SAFETY-ORIENTED, & INCLUSIVE
SEX INFORMATION TO COLLEGE FRESHMAN?
CHALLENGE STATEMENT
POTENTIal
roadblocks
The biggest roadblock to any project like this is getting freshmen to speak honestly about what they know, don't know, and want to know. Sex is embarrassing enough to talk about with your friends (speaking from experience), let alone strangers, and finding volunteers may be challenging.
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Teenage years can differ dramatically based on any number of demographic variables: a working-class Caucasian from western Illinois will likely have a very different experience than a wealthy Latino from southern California. This can result in significantly divergent levels of health literacy and exposure to sex education across the target population.
With these issues in mind, we need to look for universal themes in the responses we receive and structure our need-finding to ensure that we are accommodating and embracing the diversity of experience as much as possible.
Roadblocks
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