Framework by Phase
The framework is divided into seven phases based on the Nesta seven stages of innovation (Figure 1):8 (1) opportunities and challenges – identifying a need and opportunity for social innovation in health; (2) generating ideas – developing a social innovation project and/or research study; (3) developing and testing – piloting a social innovation project and/or research study; (4) making the case – evaluating a social innovation project and/or research study; (5) delivering and implementing – expanding a social innovation project and/or research study to show impact; (6) growing and scaling – scaling up impact or scaling down for local relevance; and (7) changing systems – integrating the social innovation into routine practice. These seven phases are iterative and inter-linked to the co-creation process.
Figure 1: Seven key phases of the social innovations in health project and/or research study *Note: These seven phases are often iterative. We use the colors of SDGs to highlight this key context
