A Data-informed Public Health Policy-Makers Platform

Dario Brdarić, Senka Samardžić, Ivana Mihin Huskić, Giorgos Dritsakis, Jadran Sessa, Mariola Śliwińska-Kowalska, Małgorzata Pawlaczyk-Łuszczyńska, Ioannis Basdekis, George Spanoudakis
2020 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health  
Hearing loss is a disease exhibiting a growing trend due to a number of factors, including but not limited to the mundane exposure to the noise and ever-increasing size of the older population. In the framework of a public health policymaking process, modeling of the hearing loss disease based on data is a key factor in alleviating the issues related to the disease and in issuing effective public health policies. First, the paper describes the steps of the data-driven policymaking process.
more » ... ward, a scenario along with the part of the proposed platform responsible for supporting policymaking are presented. With the aim of demonstrating the capabilities and usability of the platform for the policy-makers, some initial results of preliminary analytics are presented in the framework of a policy-making process. Ultimately, the utility of the approach is validated throughout the results of the survey which was presented to the health system policy-makers involved in the policy development process in Croatia.
doi:10.3390/ijerph17093271 pmid:32392883 pmcid:PMC7246532 fatcat:2i47uag6b5emvcuzshiijalw64