Gómez Verónica, Sousa-Uva Mafalda, Roquette Rita, Garcia Ana Cristina, Matias Dias Carlos
Epidemiology Department - National Institute of Health Doctor Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal.
CHRC - Comprehensive Health Research Center, National School of Public Health, NOVA University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
Arch Public Health. 2022 May 7;80(1):133. doi: 10.1186/s13690-022-00895-2.
The InfAct (Information for Action) is a Joint Action of the European Commission's 3rd Health Programme with the main goal to build an infrastructure of a health information system for a stronger European Union and to strengthen its core elements. The InfAct Joint Action was developed along 36 months and structured in 10 work packages. Portugal co-led the Work Package 6 (WP6) of this project, which included the development of the proposal of a flagship capacity building programme - the European Health Information Training Programme - and its evaluation. The evaluation objectives included: to evaluate the adequacy of the training programme to the health information needs in the European Member States; to identify possible changes regarding the participants selection process, the training activities and the pedagogical project; and to contribute to the understanding of the potential of the programme to add to available offers in learning on the topics of Public Health information, on the capacity building and behavioural changes in Public Health activities which can be attributed to the course, and of the potential of the programme to contribute to the alignment of health information criteria and procedures between the European Member States.
The evaluation process was developed using an observational descriptive study design using a mixed methodological approach with both document analysis and primary data collected by questionnaires and interviews analysis. Mixed quantitative and qualitative data collection methods and analysis were used.
The proposal of the European Health Information Training Programme seemed adequate to the formative needs and capacities in line with the work performed by the InfAct project. In what concerns about its main thematic areas, it was also aligned with the areas identified in the previous formative needs and capacities mapping. The participants selection process proposed seemed, in general, adequate. The potential of the European Health Information Training Programme proposal to learning, capacity building and behavioral changes at work attributable to the course was considered positive, as well as the potential to the alignment of health information criteria and procedures between European Union Member States.
In general, we found high consistency between the results obtained from data collected by the techniques used. However, different suggestions for improvement were outlined by the evaluation study population.
The proposed European Health Information Training Programme was a dynamic, flexible, sustainable formative programme in health information and focused on reducing inequalities.
“行动信息”（InfAct）是欧盟委员会第三期卫生计划的联合行动，其主要目标是构建一个卫生信息系统基础设施，以强化欧盟并巩固其核心要素。“行动信息”联合行动历时36个月制定，并划分为10个工作包。葡萄牙共同牵头该项目的工作包6（WP6），其中包括制定一项旗舰能力建设计划——欧洲卫生信息培训计划——及其评估。评估目标包括：评估培训计划对欧洲成员国卫生信息需求的适配性；确定在参与者选拔过程、培训活动和教学项目方面可能的变化；促进理解该计划在公共卫生信息学习、公共卫生活动中的能力建设和行为改变方面增加现有学习资源的潜力，以及该计划在促进欧洲成员国卫生信息标准和程序协调一致方面的潜力。
评估过程采用观察性描述性研究设计，运用混合方法，包括文件分析以及通过问卷调查和访谈收集的原始数据进行分析。采用了定量和定性混合的数据收集方法及分析方法。
欧洲卫生信息培训计划的提案似乎符合“行动信息”项目所开展工作的形成性需求和能力。就其主要主题领域而言，它也与先前形成性需求和能力映射中确定的领域相一致。总体而言，所提议的参与者选拔过程似乎是适当的。欧洲卫生信息培训计划提案在学习、能力建设以及可归因于该课程的工作行为改变方面的潜力被认为是积极的，在欧盟成员国之间协调卫生信息标准和程序方面的潜力也是如此。
总体而言，我们发现通过所用技术收集的数据所获得的结果之间具有高度一致性。然而，评估研究人群提出了不同的改进建议。
提议的欧洲卫生信息培训计划是一个动态、灵活、可持续的卫生信息形成性计划，侧重于减少不平等现象。
