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Effective Data Presentation Tools for Public Health Analysis

Learn how to visually display public health data accurately and clearly for effective decision-making and service redesign. Tools include Spine Charts, Maps, and Excel tools for comparisons and highlighting inequalities. Discover how these tools influenced service redesign, strategy development, and funding applications in public health settings.

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Effective Data Presentation Tools for Public Health Analysis

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  1. Data presentation tools for Public Health Andy Gasiorowski

  2. The problem: You can’t see the wood for the trees!

  3. Goals of data visualisation • To display data • Clear • Accurate • Relevant

  4. What’s out there? • Scottish & European Health for All DB

  5. What’s out there? 2.Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics

  6. What’s out there? 3. ScotPHO Profiles

  7. Indicators Population profile Life expectancy and mortality Behaviours Ill health & injury Mental health & function Social care, function & housing Education Economy Crime Environment Child & maternal health Immunisation and screening

  8. Geographical coverage

  9. How do we display them?

  10. Spine Charts

  11. Maps

  12. Rank Charts

  13. Time Trends

  14. Sub CHP Excel tool

  15. Traffic Lights

  16. Why bother? Prevent duplication of work Highlight inequalities Allow comparisons • Between areas • Over time Well received

  17. Influenced service redesign in community nursing/children's services • Used to agree priorities for SOA • Influenced maternity strategy development • Used for local authority joint health improvement plan development & steering group • Supported a capital planning bid • Incorporated into briefing notes for elected members to strengthen the decision making process • Used during training and teaching nurses and health promotion staff • Used to implement smoking cessation groups • Alcohol statistics informed discussion on resource allocation and partnership working • Used in health needs assessments • Used to develop local action plan to improve sexual health information • Used for funding applications for voluntary organisations • Comparisons of health board areas against local areas used to convince national groups/organisations of the benefit to targeting (specific) area for pilot projects and seed funding • Used to decide what type of community health promotion support local areas would most benefit from • Used in redesigning services: medical practice amalgamation; community nursing profiles; mental health services

  18. Resources HfA: http://www.scotpho.org.uk/hfa/ SNS: www.sns.gov.uk Profiles 2010: http://www.scotpho.org.uk/profiles andrew.gasiorowski@nhs.net

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