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Project Overview
Be A Looper is a check-in and peer support app helps to keep users “in the Loop” with up to five people.
The tool, created by leading mental health and design specialists, assists users to both share how their day is tracking in a gamified way while also keeping a close eye on those they care about.
Spreading to 55 countries since December 2017, the proprietary application is a testament that social support, chain-diffusion and role modelling vulnerability plays a significant role in chronic disease self-management and in lowering the suicide rate, globally using technology.
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Project Context
The App is driven by social support, with the emphasis on reducing isolation by providing a sense of safety and community. The basis of the service is that the concept of relatedness as a powerful need and driver of behaviour has been proven out in many settings. Alongside this is the need to support autonomy and competence prevent the onset of helplessness - a driver of suicidal thoughts.
According to Be A Looper our environment, cognition and behaviour all come together to determine how we function. Being able to express distress in a non-confronting way that supports rescuing actions by others, can lower the barriers to communicating distress by providing a model for others to follow. It's this theory of chain diffusion forms the basis behind the app.
Social and Community-Oriented Design - Digital
Social design applies a design methodology and intervention to tighten the social fabric that holds us together. Addressing issues of social inequality, such as poverty or social isolation, social design is the pathway to a more just and sustainable society. Community-oriented design is a human-centered and participatory design practice that emphasises the betterment of local communities through the improvement of public facilities, equipment, identity and experience.
The digital category celebrates design outcomes across digital platforms and includes motion design, front end and interaction design, user experience design and digital product design.
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