Rapid Inquiry
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Identifying Community Centric Intervention
HCD MODULE 3
RAPID INQUIRY
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Prepare a discussion guide that will direct the rapid inquiry sessions.
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IN THIS LESSON:
CHOOSE ACTIVITIES
Include activities that invite local insights.
AREAS OF INQUIRY
List what you are trying to learn: what do you need to know about important barriers and enablers?
WRITE QUESTIONS
For each persona, write open-ended questions that invite detailed narrative answers.
ORDER QUESTIONS
Order your questions from general to specific in a discussion guide.
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Areas of inquiry are the biggest questions we have about people and challenges.
AREAS OF INQUIRY
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They define
what we need to uncover during rapid inquiry.
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An iterative process with simple tools
ABOUT HCD
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Share statistics
stories backed by data
DAY 1: DEFINITION
Discover learning goals
DAY 2: DIAGNOSIS
Empathize and understand
Day 3: DESIGN
Ideate and prototype
Day 4: IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH
Test and evolve
People are
rational human
Closed open inquiry about challenges and solutions
Report on �Evolve your interventions
Define messages for Design interventions with the community
Challenges are one �multi-dimensional
Linear validation Cyclical iteration
PERSONA MODELS
JOURNEY MAPPING
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SYNTHESIS
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IDEA GENERATION
PROTOTYPING
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THEORY OF CHANGE
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Closed Open inquiry about challenges and solutions
Representative data does not always lead to new solutions or community-based understanding. HCD pairs open-ended questions with interactive activities to reveal habits, motivations and realities.
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Rapid Inquiry: Investigative methods to understand WHY people behave a certain way.
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* In-depth-individual interviews
* Social listening
* Exit interviews
* Show and tell
* Guided tours
* Observations at home/clinic
* Artifact collection
* Diaries (video, drawings, written)
* Peer to peer observation
Interactive activities such as:
* Voting jars
* Day in the life
* Timeline mapping
* Card Sorts
* Role Play
* Drawing or visualization
* Prioritization pies
* Complete the story
* Head/heart/hand
Rapid inquiry & Research are not mutually exclusive.
MINDSET
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Know where to focus
Quant/Qual
Rapid
Inquiry
Quant/Qual
Participatory methods to deepen our understanding
Verify, scale & monitor
Research
Academic methods to uncover patterns
Rapid inquiry
Creative methods to uncover ideas
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Leverage curiosity to uncover interventions.
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Why do we use �research?
Why do we use �rapid inquiry?
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Research for Information
Rapid Inquiry for Interventions
Discussion guides with open ended questions
DISCUSSION GUIDE
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DISCUSSION GUIDE
Having a good conversation with a stranger is not easy.
INTERVIEWING
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To help the person feel comfortable while collecting relevant information, we follow a discussion guide.
A discussion guide is a checklist for conducting research. It includes reminders of background information to share, open-ended questions to ask, and activities to administer.
INTERVIEWING
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An open-ended question cannot be answered with a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’.
They are questions that ask participants to think about specific examples, occurrences and step-by-step memories.
INTERVIEWING
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OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS
INTERVIEWING
Learn more about the nutrition habits, motivations, frustrations and influences of your partner.
OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS
SYNTHESIS
15 minutes
There are many rapid participatory research methods that we can use to understand people.
Together we will try three.
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Warm up by completing a day-in-the-life
To warm-up you may request a guided tour of a home, school or clinic. This will let you observe the details of daily life as well as the routines and habits of a community. You will be provided a worksheet to record a typical day in their life.
Q: I’m interested in knowing more about your day-to-day routine.
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VIEW DEMO VIDEO
TOOL
Identify opportunities:
Identify pain points:
IN THE MORNING I AM:
DURING THE DAY I AM:
AT NIGHT I AM:
Day-in-the-Life
INTERVIEWEE ____________________________
Identify opportunities:
Identify pain points:
Identify opportunities:
Identify pain points:
Choices map to understand options
This choice map helps us see who is supporting and rejecting vaccinations in the community, and whether it is an individual’s choice or if they are required by some aspect of their society, such as school, government, religious sect. You will be given a worksheet to fill out with your interviewee.
Q: In each quadrant, who is the person/group in your community that chooses this?
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TOOL
Choices
INTERVIEWEE ____________________________
INDIVIDUAL CHOICE
“I decide…”
COLLECTIVE CHOICE
“Society decides…”
REJECT
SUPPORT
HESITANT or �NO OPINION
(1) In each quadrant, who is the person/group in your community that chooses this?
(2) Where do you fit in? What are you choosing?
Card sorts to complete journey barriers
Cards give the person you are interviewing options to prioritize barriers to immunization and explain. Instead of asking them to generate words and images, cards allow the interviewee to concentrate on the deeper meaning or values that the cards illustrate. Each team will be provided with a deck of cards.
Q: Divide the cards into 2 columns: positive and negative. Why?
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TOOL
CARD SORTS
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Mind Mapping to understand associations
A mind map can help the interviewee organize his/her thoughts visually — put vaccination in the middle and try to get at what they associate / picture when they hear the term. Each team will be given blank paper and pens.
Q: What comes to your mind when you hear ‘sexual exploitation?’
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Head / heart / hand
to understand perspectives
The ‘head heart hand’ activity allows us to compare the perspectives of different actors in a given situation. What they are thinking, feeling or doing. It gives a broader view on social constructs and the gaps that exist.
Q: Picture yourself in situation X, what are you doing? Thinking? Feeling?
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VIEW DEMO VIDEO
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Gender boxes to understand social norms
Gender boxes are an opportunity to understand the widespread expectations of each gender. This gives a broader view on gender and the consequences of not conforming.
Q: What is the behavior of a “typical” adolescent girl? What are the consequences of violating this?
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In teams of 2, practice participatory rapid inquiry methods
RAPID INQUIRY METHODS
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Insights arise from the different expectations, challenges, and roles within a community.
MINDSET
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Complete the Rapid Inquiry Plan
RAPID INQUIRY PLANNING
SYNTHESIS
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Research Plan
WHAT DO WE
NEED TO LEARN?
What are the ‘areas of inquiry’ or gaps in knowledge about personas and stages of the journey that need to be filled?
WHO DO WE NEED
TO SPEAK TO?
List the people you need to
talk to (family and community members, service providers, decision makers, leaders and
influencers) to investigate
the ‘areas of inquiry.’
WHAT RAPID, PARTICIPATORY
METHODS SHOULD WE USE?
List the best interactive activities for your ‘areas of inquiry’ — and WHY.
PERSONA
(responsibilities, routine, influences, concerns, decisions, motivations)
JOURNEY
(Gaining awareness, Contemplating, Having the intention, �Making preparations, Taking actions, Sustaining)
In your teams, tailor your discussion guide
DISCUSSION GUIDE
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Discussion guides with open ended questions
DISCUSSION GUIDE
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DISCUSSION GUIDE
Going to the field to conduct interviews
Interview in teams �of 2-3: doing it alone can be hard, and involving the entire team can be intimidating for the interviewee.
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INTERVIEWER #1:
Ask questions, make eye contact and give directions for the activities. Consider someone who is an age/ gender/ perspective that will make the interviewee most comfortable.
INTERVIEWER #2:
Take notes, including verbatim quotes of important statements.
(optional) INTERVIEWER #3:
Take observational notes of the environment and nonverbal cues. With permission, take pictures of activities.
Remain impartial:
Any judgement, including positive or negative reinforcement, can influence responses.
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5 Quotes
Memorable, important things this person said in their own words.
5 Observations
Things you observed in the community/clinic (focus on interactions and inconsistencies between what is said and what is done).
5 Surprising Moments
Things that were new or revealing (focus especially on drivers of behavior).
Early Ideas
Record 1-2 ideas that were suggested by the �community or inspired from the community.
Complete one worksheet after each interview.
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Interview Highlights
INTERVIEWEE ____________________________
Key Barriers
Record 1-2 barriers that are keeping this person �from advancing towards the desired behavior change.
From quotes → Better understand personas and be inspired by stories
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Decision making
is a collective responsibility. One hand clapping does not make any sound.
From surprising moments → Uncover human motivations, behavioral insights and possible opportunities
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EXAMPLE
Mothers do not see fatigue as a medical issue; they associate fatigue with being a good mother and completing the physical tasks she needs to perform.
From barriers→ understand bottlenecks and get to the root causes
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From early ideas → Involve the perspective of the community and lean into solution mindsets, push to think of innovative ideas
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Let’s go to the field!
Meet here at: 9:00am
Packed lunch provided.
Afternoon session: synthesis.
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***Leave at 9:30 AM - then go to community***
Group 1A: Caregiver, Location 1
Group 2A: Health workers, Location 1
Group 3A: Father, Location 1
Group 4A: Community Leader, Location 1
Group 5A: CHV, Location 1
Group 1B: Caregiver, Location 2
Group 3B: Father, Location 2
Group 4B: Community Leader, Location 2
Group 5B: CHV, Location 2
Group 2B: Health workers, Location 2
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Rapid Inquiry Materials
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DISCUSSION GUIDE
MIND MAP
DAY IN THE LIFE
CARD SORT
RECORD FIELD RESEARCH
PEN, PAPER, CAMERA
GROUP REFLECTION
APPENDIX
Facilitator’s References
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Rapid Inquiry
use quick, interactive, personal and action-oriented research methods
Rapid inquiry involves interactive research methods to understand why people behave a certain way. The HCD version uses fast techniques to understand the many social, cultural, political and economic influences and motivations in a community.
These methods differ from traditional qualitative research methods in the following ways:
TOOLS
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Rapid Inquiry Plan
explore areas of inquiry and direct the right questions and activities to the right people
To uncover what we need to learn about the community we use a research plan to help us structure our rapid inquiry.
A rapid inquiry plan is a tool that helps us make sure we are exploring our areas of inquiry by asking the right questions to the right people.
TOOLS
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Rapid Inquiry Plan
Activity instructions:
TOOLS
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PDF POSTER VERSION ENG
FACILITATOR PREPARATION
Print one copy for the whole group.
Modify and/or translate to fit the challenge.
Editable version available on next slide.
Research Plan
WHAT DO WE
NEED TO LEARN?
What are the ‘areas of inquiry’ or gaps in knowledge about personas and stages of the journey that need to be filled?
WHO DO WE NEED
TO SPEAK TO?
List the people you need to
talk to (family and community members, service providers, decision makers, leaders and
influencers) to investigate
the ‘areas of inquiry.’
WHAT RAPID, PARTICIPATORY
METHODS SHOULD WE USE?
List the best interactive activities for your ‘areas of inquiry’ — and WHY.
PERSONA
(responsibilities, routine, influences, concerns, decisions, motivations)
JOURNEY
(Knowledge and awareness, Intent, Preparation, Cost & Effort, Point of Service, Experience of Care, After Service)
Discussion Guide
prepare for rapid inquiry by developing a list of questions and activities
Having a good conversation with a stranger is not easy. Directing a conversation to cover necessary areas of inquiry is even harder. To help participants feel comfortable during the interview while also helping interviewers collect relevant information, we follow a discussion guide.
A discussion guide is a checklist for conducting ‘rapid inquiry.’ It include reminders of background information to share, open-ended questions to ask, and activities to administer.
TOOLS
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Discussion Guide
Activity instructions:
TOOLS
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DISCUSSION GUIDE
FACILITATOR PREPARATION
Print one discussion guide per participant.
Modify and/or translate to fit the challenge.
Identify opportunities:
Identify pain points:
IN THE MORNING I AM:
DURING THE DAY I AM:
AT NIGHT I AM:
Day-in-the-Life
INTERVIEWEE ____________________________
Identify opportunities:
Identify pain points:
Identify opportunities:
Identify pain points:
Choices
INTERVIEWEE ____________________________
INDIVIDUAL CHOICE
“I decide…”
COLLECTIVE CHOICE
“Society decides…”
REJECT
SUPPORT
HESITANT or �NO OPINION
(1) In each quadrant, who is the person/group in your community that chooses this?
(2) Where do you fit in? What are you choosing?
Interview Highlights
Activity instructions:
TOOLS
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PDF SHEET VERSION ENG
FACILITATOR PREPARATION
Print one copy for each interview (at least)
Modify and/or translate to fit the challenge.
Editable version available on next slide.
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5 Quotes
Memorable, important things this person said in their own words.
5 Observations
Things you observed in the community/clinic (focus on interactions and inconsistencies between what is said and what is done).
5 Surprising Moments
Things that were new or revealing (focus especially on drivers of behavior).
Early Ideas
Record 1-2 ideas that were suggested by the �community or inspired from the community.
Complete one worksheet after each interview.
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Interview Highlights
INTERVIEWEE ____________________________
Key Barriers
Record 1-2 barriers that are keeping this person �from advancing towards the desired behavior change.