Applying Design Thinking to identify strategies for enacting evidence-based policymaking supporting Standard Time
Design Thinking is an under-explored but effective tool for uncovering potential barriers and brainstorming approaches for engendering support of evidence-based pST legislation. Statement of Significance The transition from Standard Time to Daylight Saving Time is associated with health, safety, economic, and other concerns. There is broad public support to "do away" with the clock change, but legislative efforts have proposed permanent Daylight Savings Time, which is contrary to medical and scientific society recommendations. There is an urgent need to garner public support for evidence-based clock time legislation, which would be for permanent Standard Time. We employed Design Thinking methodology with a multidisciplinary group of stakeholders, including sleep/circadian rhythms researchers, design experts, and policymakers. The results of the Design Thinking activities illuminated themes relating to the barriers to evidence-based clock time legislation, and opportunities for designing evidence-based slogans and messages.
Authors
- Karin G. Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0119-8157)
- Rebecca Robbins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0288-2505)
- Dieter Reuther
- Matthew D. Weaver (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3578-336X)
- Joseph M. Dzierzewski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9788-8813)
- Elizabeth B. Klerman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7402-3171)
- Lauren Hale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7530-2519)
- Osea Giuntella (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8690-980X)
- Chidera Ejikeme
- Wendy Troxel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2147-8041)
- Beth A. Malow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1624-7636)
- Terra Ziporyn
- Shoba Ramanadhan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0650-9433)
- Christopher M. Barnes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2520-6200)
- Charles Andrew Czeisler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7408-1849)
- Mark R. Rosekind
- Karen Korellis Reuther
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- RAND Corporation (US)
- National Transportation Safety Board (US)
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (US)
- Baystate Medical Center (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Mountain View College (US)
- Harvard University Press (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- National Sleep Foundation (US)
- Stony Brook Medicine (US)
- Harvard College Observatory (US)
- Biomedical Research Foundation (US)
- Community Catalyst (US)
- Stony Brook University (US)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
- Parker Hannifin (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- SLEEP
- Published
- 2025-07-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsaf193
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.54