Table 1.
Terms and definitions for our social innovation in health research checklist
Term | Definition |
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Community | People living in the same place or sharing common interests |
Co-creation | Collaboration between innovators and end users |
End users | Those who directly use the social innovation or are impacted (directly or indirectly) by the social innovation in health |
Innovators | Those developing the social innovation |
Stakeholders | End users, community members, public sector officials, private sector leaders, civil societies, and other local individuals who have an interest in or are impacted (directly or indirectly) by the social innovation in health, researchers |
Social innovation in health | Inclusive solutions to address health care delivery gap and that meet the needs of those who directly benefit from the solution through a multi-stakeholder, community-engaged process(1) |
Provider | The person, group, or organization that designed, developed, or implemented the social innovation in health |