1st ed. 2019 edition
by Marieke Verschuuren (Editor), van Oers, Hans (Editor)
This timely volume presents an in-depth tour of population health
monitoring―what it is, what it does, and why it has become increasingly
important to health information systems across Europe. Introductory
chapters ground readers in the structures of health information systems,
and the main theoretical and conceptual models of population health
monitoring. From there, contributors offer tools and guidelines for
optimum monitoring, including best practices for gathering and
contextualizing data and for disseminating findings, to benefit the
people most affected by the information. And an extended example follows
the step-by-step processes of population health monitoring through a
study of health inequalities, from data collection to policy
recommendations.
Included in the coverage:
· Structuring health information: frameworks, models, and indicators
· Analysis: contextualization of process and content
· Knowledge translation: key concepts, terms, and activities
· Health inequality monitoring: a practical application of population health monitoring
· Relating population health monitoring to other types of health assessments
· Population health monitoring: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats
A robust guide with international implications for an emerging field, Population Health Monitoring
is a salient reference for public health experts working in the field
of health information as well as post-graduate public health students
and public health policymakers.
"In this
comprehensive and easy to read volume, Verschuuren and van Oers,
accompanied by other specialists in the field, present a fresh and
thoroughly researched contribution on the discipline of population
health monitoring. They critically analyse and describe the phases,
functions and approaches to population health monitoring but far more
importantly, the discipline is positioned within the wider domains of
public health, health policy and health systems. The book is definitely
highly recommended reading for students of public health and health
services management but is also a useful refresher course for public
health practitioners."
Natasha Azzopardi Muscat, President, European Public Health Association
