Barriers and facilitators to establishing a national public health observatory
OBJECTIVE: To determine what stakeholders perceive as barriers and facilitators to creating a national public health observatory (PHO) in Trinidad and Tobago. METHODS: A descriptive study was conducted based on 15 key informant interviews carried out from April to September 2013. The key informants...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:28f8fc1dbb6d4d499b210ec30a8e3266 2023-05-15T15:16:04+02:00 Barriers and facilitators to establishing a national public health observatory Shalini Pooransingh Akenath Misir Dan Ramdath Samuel Ramsewak Susan Jaglal Cathy Cameron Vivek Goel https://doaj.org/article/28f8fc1dbb6d4d499b210ec30a8e3266 EN ES PT eng spa por Pan American Health Organization http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892015001000008&lng=en&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1680-5348 1680-5348 https://doaj.org/article/28f8fc1dbb6d4d499b210ec30a8e3266 Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 38, Iss 5, Pp 403-409 Public health health care sector qualitative research decision making data collection Trinidad and Tobago West Indies Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T14:08:40Z OBJECTIVE: To determine what stakeholders perceive as barriers and facilitators to creating a national public health observatory (PHO) in Trinidad and Tobago. METHODS: A descriptive study was conducted based on 15 key informant interviews carried out from April to September 2013. The key informants worked within the health care sector in Trinidad and Tobago. Using a semi-structured interview guide, information was collected on knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about creating a PHO; barriers and facilitators to creating and sustaining a PHO; legal considerations; and human resource and information technology requirements. Common themes of the responses were identified. RESULTS: The majority of participants supported the development of a national PHO, recognized its value in informing their work, and indicated that a national PHO could 1) provide information to support evidence-informed decision-making for health policy and strategic planning; 2) facilitate data management by establishing data policies, procedures, and standards; 3) increase the use of data by synthesizing and disseminating information; and 4) provide data for benchmarking. However, a number of barriers were identified, including 1) the perception that data collection is not valued; 2) untimely availability of data; 3) limited data synthesis, dissemination, and utilization to inform decision-making; and 4) challenges related to the allocation of human resources and existing information technology. CONCLUSIONS: Key informants support the development of a national PHO in Trinidad and Tobago. The findings align well within the components of the conceptual framework for establishing national health observatories. A stepwise approach to establishing a national PHO in Trinidad and Tobago, beginning with structural components and followed by functional components, is recommended. A national PHO in Trinidad and Tobago could serve as a model for other countries in the Caribbean. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Trinidad ENVELOPE(-60.734,-60.734,-63.816,-63.816) |
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OBJECTIVE: To determine what stakeholders perceive as barriers and facilitators to creating a national public health observatory (PHO) in Trinidad and Tobago. METHODS: A descriptive study was conducted based on 15 key informant interviews carried out from April to September 2013. The key informants worked within the health care sector in Trinidad and Tobago. Using a semi-structured interview guide, information was collected on knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about creating a PHO; barriers and facilitators to creating and sustaining a PHO; legal considerations; and human resource and information technology requirements. Common themes of the responses were identified. RESULTS: The majority of participants supported the development of a national PHO, recognized its value in informing their work, and indicated that a national PHO could 1) provide information to support evidence-informed decision-making for health policy and strategic planning; 2) facilitate data management by establishing data policies, procedures, and standards; 3) increase the use of data by synthesizing and disseminating information; and 4) provide data for benchmarking. However, a number of barriers were identified, including 1) the perception that data collection is not valued; 2) untimely availability of data; 3) limited data synthesis, dissemination, and utilization to inform decision-making; and 4) challenges related to the allocation of human resources and existing information technology. CONCLUSIONS: Key informants support the development of a national PHO in Trinidad and Tobago. The findings align well within the components of the conceptual framework for establishing national health observatories. A stepwise approach to establishing a national PHO in Trinidad and Tobago, beginning with structural components and followed by functional components, is recommended. A national PHO in Trinidad and Tobago could serve as a model for other countries in the Caribbean. |
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Shalini Pooransingh Akenath Misir Dan Ramdath Samuel Ramsewak Susan Jaglal Cathy Cameron Vivek Goel |
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Barriers and facilitators to establishing a national public health observatory |
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