About
Baltimore City Health Department
Project Overview
In Fall 2016, an interdisciplinary team of undergraduate and graduate students at the Center for Social Design at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) collaborated with Baltimore City Health Department’s Tobacco Free Baltimore initiative to address the impact of smoke exposure in the home. In Baltimore, 50 percent of middle schoolers live with a smoker. Utilizing a human-centered, collaborative and design-driven approach, the team met with health professionals to better understand of the problem, interviewed families to gain new insights, and facilitated design workshops to generate ideas and prototypes. The research and brainstorming resulted in HealthiAir, a pop-up event that supports families in creating smoke-free comfort zones in their homes, identifying practical ways to get started, and connecting to the resources they need.
To learn more or to host a HealthiAir event in your community, contact Casey Thomasson (443-984-2581, casey.thomasson@baltimorecity.gov)
Special thanks to Emilie Gilde, Casey Thomasson, Betsy Simon, Michelle Eakin, Leslie McNeil, Shovaughn Chism, Sarah Hogan, Greg Sileo, Jennifer Kirschner, and the Tobacco Free Baltimore Coalition.
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Designers
Denise Brown, Amanda Buck, Hayley Frazier, Mihoshi Fukushima, Smile Indias, Jenny Jung, Naeemee Mohammadi, Christy Tang