Friday, October 16, 2026
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We are encouraged to take our health into our own hands. Yet our ability to do so is shaped by the people, technologies and systems around us. How do we help people take more ownership of their own health?
This is what the Medical Delta Program ‘Gezondheid van Jezelf?’. explores. This coming week, ‘Gezondheid van jezelf?’ will be at Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven.
In addition to an exhibition, the program will hold an interactive workshop on health ownership on the morning of Thursday 22 October. The focus is on how design can help us explore and support ownership of our health.
Register and download the Position Paper and Policy Paper
Register for the interactive workshop here.
The accompanying Position Paper can be downloaded here.
The Policy Paper is can be downloaded here.
Pitches, discussion and vision development
The session begins with a discussion of the theory, based on the Position Paper and the “Praatplaat” (discussion poster) shown alongside and available to download here. What does health ownership mean, and when is it worthwhile?
This is followed by a presentation and discussion on demonstrators. Eight demonstrator projects have now been launched around this concept. Examples include a game to build digital resilience in children; a rollator that supports and expresses autonomy; research into the perceived room for ownership among people with heart implants; the relationship between ownership of financial and physical health; and ownership of the future of care. The researchers will be present for short pitches and discussions.
Finally, together with the audience, a vision will be developed for the program’s next two years. Who would like to join the consortium? Which parties might be interested in using the concept, and in what way? Which theoretical and practical questions remain open?
‘Gezondheid van Jezelf?’ by Medical Delta is a transdisciplinary program in which the meaning of ownership of health is explored and applied in design projects. The consortium consists of universities, universities of applied sciences, hospitals and designers.
Photo: Max Kneefel
