Park Seungeun, Bekemeier Betty, Flaxman Abraham D
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea.
Department of Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing, University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, WA, USA.
Public Health Nurs. 2021 Jul;38(4):531-541. doi: 10.1111/phn.12863. Epub 2021 Feb 10.
This study aimed to assess public health professionals' use of data, information, and evidence and to understand perceptions and preferences regarding data visualization to inform future design of data visualization tools.
We conducted qualitative interviews with public health professionals who use data for decision making as part of community health assessment and program planning from state and local health departments across six states.
We identified four themes: 1) collection of data, information, and evidence; 2) management and analysis of data and information to inform decisions; 3) use of data to support public health practice; and 4) preferences for data visualization and how visualization is being used. Public health professionals use data, information, and evidence from various resources for communicating with co-workers, stakeholders, and the public, and decision making regarding their programs and services.
Data visualization tools can help public health professionals improve their understanding and communication, their education of stakeholders, and their decision making using data, information, and evidence. Public health professionals believe in the value of using data, information, and evidence. Opportunities exist in ways to support public health professionals' data use by adopting data visualization tools and by mitigating systematic challenges in public health information systems.
本研究旨在评估公共卫生专业人员对数据、信息和证据的使用情况，并了解他们对数据可视化的看法和偏好，以为未来数据可视化工具的设计提供参考。
我们对来自六个州的州和地方卫生部门中，将数据用于社区健康评估和项目规划决策的公共卫生专业人员进行了定性访谈。
我们确定了四个主题：1）数据、信息和证据的收集；2）为决策提供依据的数据和信息的管理与分析；3）利用数据支持公共卫生实践；4）对数据可视化的偏好以及可视化的使用方式。公共卫生专业人员利用来自各种资源的数据、信息和证据与同事、利益相关者及公众进行沟通，并就其项目和服务做出决策。
数据可视化工具可帮助公共卫生专业人员增进理解与沟通，对利益相关者进行教育，并利用数据、信息和证据进行决策。公共卫生专业人员认可使用数据、信息和证据的价值。通过采用数据可视化工具以及应对公共卫生信息系统中的系统性挑战，在支持公共卫生专业人员使用数据方面存在诸多机遇。
