Retrospective Preevaluation-Postevaluation in Health Design
1Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns, San Diego, CA, USA gabriella.malagon-maldonado@sharp.com.
Retrospective preevaluation-postevaluation (RPPE) methods offer valuable insights into how healthcare environments impact patients and providers. Utilizing RPPE is crucial for creating effective, evidence-based healthcare designs.
Area of Science:
- Health design research
- Evidence-based design in healthcare
- Environmental psychology in healthcare settings
Background:
- Retrospective preevaluation-postevaluation (RPPE) is a methodology for assessing healthcare environment enhancements.
- It enables designers and healthcare providers to evaluate the effectiveness of design interventions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide an overview of the RPPE methodology.
- To discuss the utility and application of RPPE in health design.
Main Methods:
- Describes the RPPE method with illustrative examples.
- Explains how RPPE can evaluate healthcare projects during and post-design.
Main Results:
- RPPE is highly beneficial for evaluating health design.
- It provides factual knowledge on the built environment's influence on health and illness.
- Findings can be translated into improved healthcare designs.
Conclusions:
- Healthcare design professionals must use RPPE methods.
- Understanding the built environment's impact is key to effective healthcare design.
- RPPE aids in translating respondent experiences into actionable design improvements.
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