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Methodology for Establishing a Community-Wide Life Laboratory for Capturing Unobtrusive and Continuous Remote Activity and Health Data
Published on: July 27, 2018
[A framework for health surveillance decentralization]
Andréa Helena Argolo Ferraro1, Ediná Alves Costa, Lígia Maria Vieira-da-Silva
1Secretaria da Saúde do Estado da Bahia, Salvador, Brasil. deaferraro@yahoo.com.br
Cadernos De Saude Publica
|October 24, 2009
Summary
Researchers developed and validated a matrix to evaluate municipal health surveillance systems. This tool provides objective criteria for assessing decentralization and improving public health care, adaptable for future needs.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Health Systems Management
Context:
- Lack of consensus on evaluating decentralization in municipal health surveillance systems.
- Need for objective criteria to align surveillance with population health needs.
Purpose:
- To develop and validate an objective framework for evaluating municipal health surveillance systems.
- To create a matrix of dimensions and criteria for management and practices in health surveillance.
Summary:
- A logical framework yielded a matrix with 54 criteria for health surveillance evaluation.
- Expert validation achieved consensus on 59.3% of criteria, with 98% deemed important.
- The validated matrix is adaptable and can be used in whole or in part for ongoing evaluation.
Impact:
- Provides a validated instrument for assessing municipal health surveillance decentralization.
- Facilitates objective evaluation and potential improvement of public health care delivery.
- Supports the redefinition of criteria and renewal of consensus for adaptive evaluation strategies.
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