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Developing Catchment Area Data Dashboards for Cancer Centers: A Stakeholder- engaged Approach.
Medrxiv : the Preprint Server for Health Sciences
|July 23, 2024
Summary
Developing a stakeholder-driven data dashboard effectively communicates cancer catchment area data, enhancing prevention and care. This user-centered approach ensures the tool is understandable and actionable for diverse audiences.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Health Informatics
- Cancer Research
Background:
- Effective data dashboards are crucial for communicating complex cancer catchment area data, transforming prevention, care delivery, and community engagement.
- Engaging stakeholders throughout the data dashboard development process is key to maximizing user-centeredness and ensuring relevance.
Purpose of the Study:
- To outline a systematic, stakeholder-driven, and theory-based methodology for creating catchment area data visualization tools tailored for cancer centers.
- To enhance cancer center outreach and community engagement through user-friendly data visualization.
Main Methods:
- Utilized the OPT-In (Organize, Plan, Test, Integrate) framework to design, develop, and test a prototype data visualization tool.
- Collected multi-disciplinary expert and stakeholder feedback through formative assessments to refine data elements and visual design.
- Employed a mixed-method approach to evaluate the tool's understandability and actionability, incorporating qualitative feedback for improvements.
Main Results:
- Developed a dashboard visualizing cancer incidence, mortality, risk factors, healthcare access, and social determinants of health for a specific catchment area.
- Achieved understandability and actionability scores exceeding the 80% threshold, with stakeholders confirming the tool's effectiveness for education and advocacy.
- Identified key areas for enhancement, including a warmer color palette, data source transparency, and advanced analytical features.
Conclusions:
- A systematic, stakeholder-driven approach yields a data resource that meets and exceeds benchmarks for understandability and actionability.
- The developed dashboard serves as a valuable resource for communicating cancer data and supporting advocacy efforts.
- Future steps include establishing advocacy channels and community partnerships to promote policies and programs for improved cancer outcomes.
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