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What to measure. Paola Primatesta UCL, UK. Tasks. Identify measurements based on epidemiological and public health criteria: Burden of disease Public health criteria Subpopulations of interest. Topics’ selection criteria.
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What to measure Paola Primatesta UCL, UK
Tasks • Identify measurements based on epidemiological and public health criteria: • Burden of disease • Public health criteria • Subpopulations of interest
Topics’ selection criteria • Criteria of selection of topics evidence-based and based on ECHI list: • Comprehensive; • Meeting user needs – important public health domains; • Being innovative as well as based on previous knowledge; • Using Health Monitoring Programme and Public Health Programme results.
Criteria for recommendations • Recommendations based on: • ECHI list; • Other Projects of the Public Health Programme ; • EHRM; • WHO STEPS.
Key areas • Demographic and socioeconomic factors • Health status/disease • Health determinants/health related behaviours • Health interventions/health systems
Measurement selection criteria • Guiding criteria to select and prioritise HES component: • Inclusion in previous national HESs; • Availability of international standard; • Clear interpretation of the results; Practicality/easy to administer; • Ethical acceptability; • Acceptability to the respondent; • Cost.
Approach • Identify ‘core’ measurements and additional measurements • Support a flexible model where elements can be added as requested (modular) • Adaptable to disease-oriented (e.g. CVD) or population-oriented (e.g. elderly) HES. • Final product flexible enough for its constituent elements to be adaptable to different HESs.