I have to say this is a really great idea. It is so simple and it seems like the impact would be huge. Have you given any thought to how you would go about making this happen? Even though it is just an idea, it is a great one, and I encourage you to look into it more! If you do have plans to make it happen, please let us know!
This is an excellent idea and a prime example of a low-cost and high-impact nudge that encourages people to change their behavior to improve their health!
It would be excellent if you could add more detail to your entry form. This could be the kind of initiative that Johnson & Johnson or Susan G. Gomen for the Cure http://ww5.komen.org/ could easily implement with large scale results. Please tell us more about your ideas about how this innovation could be implemented.
Thanks so much, and we look forward to learning more,
Amelia Forrest Kaye
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The Changemakers Team
Ashoka's Changemakers
My question is: what evidence is there that self examination makes any difference in outcome for breast cancer? My understanding is that the increase in survival time in breast cancers that are found by systematic self exam can be fully explained by the decreased time to diagnosis. In other words women don't live longer overall when they find a breast cancer via self exam, they just know that they have a cancer for a longer period. Once a lump can be felt it has already metastisized.
On May 11, 2009, the judges reviewed the entries for the Changemakers “Designing for Better Health” competition and would like to pass on the following feedback (listed below) for your entry. Thank you for applying and for your hard work in the field. We are excited to archive your entry to serve as a leading solution for the worldwide community of innovators who are seeking solutions that help people make better choices regarding their health and the health of others. We wish you continued luck with your innovative, sustainable, and socially impactful initiatives.
All the best, The Changemakers Team
“This is an elegant idea. It is a simple but potentially effective model using an existing calendar function. The innovation is untested, as you note, but the innovation is well adapted for seed money grant. However, can you explain the literature about BSE?”
“Can you provide more about your proposal in terms of plans for implementation? Getting buy-in from a pharmaceutical company could be tricky, but you could try selling templates that overlay the packaging? Also, because there are lots of birth control pills and even more generics, would there be a partnership you could form with an existing organization that could assist in this nudge? Even so, the simple reminder is a great nudging idea and empowers a single individual to take control of their personal health.”
- Changemakers “Designing for Better Health” Judges: Doutores da Alegria, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Cornell Food and Brand Lab: Cornell University, Innovations in Health @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Pediatrics: University of California San Francisco.
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Hi Karla-
I have to say this is a really great idea. It is so simple and it seems like the impact would be huge. Have you given any thought to how you would go about making this happen? Even though it is just an idea, it is a great one, and I encourage you to look into it more! If you do have plans to make it happen, please let us know!
Thanks!
-Chloe Feinberg
Ashoka
Full Economic Citizenship
This seems like a great idea with little effort to enact on the drug packaging side. Seems like it should have a lot of buy-in. Good luck!
Karla,
This is an excellent idea and a prime example of a low-cost and high-impact nudge that encourages people to change their behavior to improve their health!
It would be excellent if you could add more detail to your entry form. This could be the kind of initiative that Johnson & Johnson or Susan G. Gomen for the Cure http://ww5.komen.org/ could easily implement with large scale results. Please tell us more about your ideas about how this innovation could be implemented.
Thanks so much, and we look forward to learning more,
Amelia Forrest Kaye
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The Changemakers Team
Ashoka's Changemakers
I've recently expanded this entry; if you have other ideas on how to refine or expand this nudge, I'd welcome your comments or suggestions!
Hi Karla,
I like your idea.Its well defined and its simple anyone can understand it.You must be a very wise Mom!
Best wishes,
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Raphael Wanjaria Njararuhi
National Coordinator
Youth Intercommunity Network
P.O Box 944-01000,
Thika,Kenya.
TelFax:+254 67 20237
Mobile:+254 725 412481
A fabulous/simple/easy to implement idea.
My question is: what evidence is there that self examination makes any difference in outcome for breast cancer? My understanding is that the increase in survival time in breast cancers that are found by systematic self exam can be fully explained by the decreased time to diagnosis. In other words women don't live longer overall when they find a breast cancer via self exam, they just know that they have a cancer for a longer period. Once a lump can be felt it has already metastisized.
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/326/7379/1
On May 11, 2009, the judges reviewed the entries for the Changemakers “Designing for Better Health” competition and would like to pass on the following feedback (listed below) for your entry. Thank you for applying and for your hard work in the field. We are excited to archive your entry to serve as a leading solution for the worldwide community of innovators who are seeking solutions that help people make better choices regarding their health and the health of others. We wish you continued luck with your innovative, sustainable, and socially impactful initiatives.
All the best, The Changemakers Team
“This is an elegant idea. It is a simple but potentially effective model using an existing calendar function. The innovation is untested, as you note, but the innovation is well adapted for seed money grant. However, can you explain the literature about BSE?”
“Can you provide more about your proposal in terms of plans for implementation? Getting buy-in from a pharmaceutical company could be tricky, but you could try selling templates that overlay the packaging? Also, because there are lots of birth control pills and even more generics, would there be a partnership you could form with an existing organization that could assist in this nudge? Even so, the simple reminder is a great nudging idea and empowers a single individual to take control of their personal health.”
- Changemakers “Designing for Better Health” Judges: Doutores da Alegria, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Cornell Food and Brand Lab: Cornell University, Innovations in Health @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Pediatrics: University of California San Francisco.