How Trauma-Informed Design Principles Can Be Health-Ful for All of Us – Learning from IKEA
By Jane Sarasohn-Kahn on 6 December 2024 in Art and health, Business and health, Connected health, Connectivity, Consumer experience, COVID-19, Design and health, Determinants of health, Empathy, Environment and heatlh, Health at home, Health care real estate, Health citizenship, Health Consumers, Health ecosystem, Health engagement, Health equity, Health marketing, Health policy, Home care, Home economics, Home health, Homelessness, Housing and health, Loneliness, Love and health, Mental health, Patient experience, Public health, Quality of Life, Real estate and health, Retail health, Self-care, Shopping and health
As a long-time fan and customer of IKEA, I receive daily Google Alerts about the company, from business finances to design trends. When I read this piece on IKEA’s work on a home designed for people who were homeless, I paid special attention to learn about the concept of trauma-informed design. Thanks to the publication Retail TouchPoints and the author of the story, Adan Blair, for covering this project. The story has lit a lot of lightbulb inspirations for me in thinking through the role housing plays in human health and well-being, and also to
I was invited to be a Judge for the upcoming CES 2025 Innovation Awards in the category of digital health and connected fitness. So grateful to be part of this annual effort to identify the best in consumer-facing health solutions for self-care, condition management, and family well-being. Thank you, CTA!
Thank you Team Roche for inviting me to brainstorm patients as health citizens, consumers, payers, and voters in the Healthcare Transformers series.
For the past 15 years, the annual CES conference in Las Vegas has been my go-to meeting for updating my research and network in digital health and consumer-facing electronics that people find meaningful for their well-being, families, and home lives. I'll be back in Vegas in January for a full week of Media Days, one-on-one meetings, and speaking about my perspectives on health consumers.