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2021-12-22Zeitschriftenartikel
Overview of national health reporting in the EU and quality criteria for public health reports – results of the Joint Action InfAct
dc.contributor.authorThissen, Martin
dc.contributor.authorSeeling, Stefanie
dc.contributor.authorAchterberg, Peter
dc.contributor.authorFehr, Angela
dc.contributor.authorPalmieri, Luigi
dc.contributor.authorTijhuis, Mariken J.
dc.contributor.authorUnim, Brigid
dc.contributor.authorZiese, Thomas
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-26T13:16:42Z
dc.date.available2024-08-26T13:16:42Z
dc.date.issued2021-12-22none
dc.identifier.other10.1186/s13690-021-00753-7
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/11971
dc.description.abstractBackground Health reporting shall provide up-to-date health-related data to inform policy-makers, researchers and the public. To this end, health reporting formats should be tailored to the needs and competencies of the target groups and provide comparable and high-quality information. Within the Joint Action on Health Information ‘InfAct’, we aimed at gaining an overview of health reporting practices in the EU Member States and associated countries, and developed quality criteria for the preparation of public health reports. The results are intended to facilitate making health information adequately available while reducing inequalities in health reporting across the EU. Methods A web-based desk research was conducted among EU Member States and associated countries to generate an overview of different formats of national health reporting and their respective target groups. To identify possible quality criteria for public health reports, an exploratory literature review was performed and earlier projects were analysed. The final set of criteria was developed in exchange with experts from the InfAct consortium. Results The web-based desk research showed that public health reports are the most frequently used format across countries (94%), most often addressed to scientists and researchers (51%), politicians and decision-makers (41%). However, across all reporting formats, the general public is the most frequently addressed target group. With regards to quality criteria for public health reports, the literature review has yielded few results. Therefore, two earlier projects served as main sources: the ‘Evaluation of National and Regional Public Health Reports’ and the guideline ‘Good Practice in Health Reporting‘from Germany. In collaboration with experts, quality criteria were identified and grouped into eight categories, ranging from topic selection to presentation of results, and compiled in a checklist for easy reference. Conclusion Health reporting practices in the EU are heterogeneous across Member States. The assembled quality criteria are intended to facilitate the preparation, dissemination and access to better comparable high-quality public health reports as a basis for evidence-based decision-making. A comprehensive conceptual and integrative approach that incorporates the policy perspective would be useful to investigate which dissemination strategies are the most suitable for specific requirements of the targeted groups.eng
dc.language.isoengnone
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut
dc.rights(CC BY 3.0 DE) Namensnennung 3.0 Deutschlandger
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/
dc.subjecthealth reportingeng
dc.subjectpublic health reporteng
dc.subjecthealth informationeng
dc.subjectrecommendationseng
dc.subjectquality criteriaeng
dc.subjectreporting formateng
dc.subjecttarget groupeng
dc.subjectdisseminationeng
dc.subjectinequalitieseng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin und Gesundheitnone
dc.titleOverview of national health reporting in the EU and quality criteria for public health reports – results of the Joint Action InfActnone
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0257-176904/11971-7
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionnone
local.edoc.container-titleArchives of Public Healthnone
local.edoc.container-issn2049-3258none
local.edoc.pages11none
local.edoc.type-nameZeitschriftenartikel
local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
local.edoc.container-urlhttps://archpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/none
local.edoc.container-publisher-nameSpringer Naturenone
local.edoc.container-volume79none
local.edoc.container-reportyear2021none
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewednone

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