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[Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting: the GATHER Statement].
Gretchen A Stevens1, Leontine Alkema2, Robert E Black3
1Department of Information, Evidence and Research, World Health Organization, Genebra-GE, Suíça.
Accurate health estimates require standardized reporting. The Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting (GATHER) provide a checklist to improve data comparability across diverse populations and sources.
Area of Science:
- Global Health
- Epidemiology
- Health Informatics
Background:
- Health indicator data is often incomplete or inconsistent across populations and time.
- Lack of standardized reporting hinders accurate health estimates and comparisons.
- Existing data limitations pose challenges for global health monitoring.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce the Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting (GATHER).
- To establish best practices for reporting quantitative population-level health estimates.
- To enhance the comparability and accuracy of health data across diverse contexts.
Main Methods:
- Development of the GATHER statement, a checklist of 18 essential reporting items.
- Focus on quantitative population-level health estimates, including health status and determinants.
- Provision of a detailed explanation and elaboration document with examples.
Main Results:
- GATHER provides a standardized framework for reporting health estimates.
- The guidelines address reporting for multiple populations, time periods, and data sources.
- A comprehensive resource is available to support adherence to reporting standards.
Conclusions:
- Adoption of GATHER promotes transparency and accuracy in health estimates.
- Standardized reporting facilitates better understanding of global and national health trends.
- GATHER is crucial for improving the reliability of health indicator data.
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