Health-related effects of innovation design contests
| First author | Primary outcome measure | Type of contest engagement | Evaluation study design | Comparator group | Intervention group | Summary findings | Study quality (scale: 0–10) |
| Cella et al32 | Proportion of students currently smoking | Observed contest | Pre–post cross-sectional surveys | 3.20% | 5.70% | Proportion of students currently smoking was not statistically significantly different after observing the contest | 9.4 |
| Croghan et al33 | Number of teens in smoking cessation programmes | Unspecified | Pre–postevaluation of routinely collected data | Baseline reference | Increase of 58% | More teens in the community participated in smoking cessation programmes after the contest | 8.1 |
| Dawson et al35 | Rate of online sun safety videos viewed | Unspecified | Pre–postevaluation of routinely collected data | Unspecified | Unspecified | Online views of top-ranked videos were not statistically significantly different after the top-ranked submissions were announced | 8.1 |
| Keller48 | Proportion of young people using condoms | Unspecified | Pre–post cross-sectional survey | 46% | 69% | Proportion of young people in the community using condoms increased after the HIV prevention campaign, which the contest was a part of | 5.0 |
| Merchant et al5 | No of individuals who pledged to use an AED if needed | Visited contest website | Post-only survey | – | 414 | A substantial number of contest observers committed to using AEDs if needed during the contest | 8.8 |
| Sczersputowski41 | Proportion of students who felt that the contest inspired them to change the way they think about mental health and suicide prevention | Submitted contest submission | Post-only survey | – | 92.90% | Majority of students said the contest inspired them to change how they think about mental health and suicide prevention after the contest | 8.1 |
| Zhang et al47 | Knowledge and attitudes about sexual health | Submitted contest submission, shared ideas about contest with family/friends, helped with organisation or promotion of contest | Semistructured interviews | – | – | Contest helped increase knowledge and healthy attitudes about sexual health among people who interacted with the contest | 9.0 |
AED, automated external defibrillator.