Gao Grace, Martin Christie L, Wang Michelle, Byrne Matthew, Brettner Joyce
Department of Nursing, St Catherine University, St Paul, Minnesota, USA.
School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2021 Dec 15;284:9-14. doi: 10.3233/SHTI210652.
Diseases have no borders, and global health operates from both within and beyond. Global health informatics can adopt an assets-oriented approach to mitigate concerns by maximizing global health data, principles, and resources combined with geographic information systems' use case mapping. This exploratory study utilizes an assets-oriented approach to analyze four global social determinants of health indicators, including Skilled Birth Attendance, Measles Immunization Coverage, Education (Female), and the Healthcare Access and Quality Index in relation to countries' income and geographical region. Data were extracted and analyzed from two publicly available datasets. Positive trends and variations were detected among all variables aggregated by countries' income category and geographical region. These findings pinpoint potential health assets that the discipline of nursing can leverage to build healthier global health communities.
疾病无国界，全球卫生工作在国内外开展。全球卫生信息学可以采用以资产为导向的方法，通过最大限度地利用全球卫生数据、原则和资源，并结合地理信息系统的用例映射来缓解相关问题。这项探索性研究采用以资产为导向的方法，分析健康指标的四个全球社会决定因素，包括熟练接生、麻疹免疫覆盖率、教育（女性）以及与国家收入和地理区域相关的医疗服务可及性和质量指数。数据从两个公开可用的数据集中提取和分析。在按国家收入类别和地理区域汇总的所有变量中发现了积极趋势和差异。这些发现指出了护理学科可以利用的潜在健康资产，以建设更健康的全球卫生社区。
