Journal:Codesign of the Population Health Information Management System to measure reach and practice change of childhood obesity programs
| Full article title | Codesign of the Population Health Information Management System to measure reach and practice change of childhood obesity programs |
|---|---|
| Journal | Public Health Research & Practice |
| Author(s) | Green, Amanda M.; Innes-Hughes, Christine; Rissel, Chris; Mitchell, Jo; Milat, Andrew J.; Williams, Mandy; Persson, Lina; Thackway, Sarah; Lewis, Nicola; Wiggers, John |
| Author affiliation(s) | NSW Ministry of Health, University of Sydney, South Western Sydney Local Health District, Hunter New England Local Health District, University of Newcastle |
| Primary contact | Email: Amanda dot Green at health dot nsw dot gov dot au |
| Year published | 2018 |
| Volume and issue | 28(3) |
| Page(s) | e2831822 |
| DOI | 10.17061/phrp2831822 |
| ISSN | 2204-2091 |
| Distribution license | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International |
| Website | http://www.phrp.com.au/issues/september-2018-volume-28-issue-3/ |
| Download | http://www.phrp.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/PHRP2831822.pdf (PDF) |
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Abstract
Introduction: Childhood obesity prevalence is an issue of international public health concern, and governments have a significant role to play in its reduction. The Healthy Children Initiative (HCI) has been delivered in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, since 2011 to support implementation of childhood obesity prevention programs at scale. Consequently, a system to support local implementation and data collection, analysis, and reporting at local and state levels was necessary. The Population Health Information Management System (PHIMS) was developed to meet this need.
Design and development: A collaborative and iterative process was applied to the design and development of the system. The process comprised identifying technical requirements, building system infrastructure, delivering training, deploying the system, and implementing quality measures.
Use of PHIMS: Implementation of PHIMS resulted in rapid data retrieval and reporting against agreed performance measures for the HCI. The system has 150 users who account for the monitoring and reporting of more than 6000 HCI intervention sites (early childhood services and primary schools).
Lessons learned: Developing and implementing PHIMS presented a number of complexities including: applying an information technology (IT) development methodology to a traditional health promotion setting; data access and confidentiality issues; and managing system development and deployment to intended timelines and budget. PHIMS was successfully codesigned as a flexible, scalable, and sustainable IT solution that supports state-wide HCI program implementation, monitoring, and reporting.
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Acknowledgements
We acknowledge the contributions of Liz King, Neil Orr, Louise Farrell, Bev Lloyd, Andy Bravo, Masela Draper, Deni Fukunishi, Andy Lui, Rita Lagaluga, Evan Freeman, Elena Ouspenskaia, Claudine Lyons, Kym Buffett, Rhonda Matthews, Project Advisory Board Members, Steering Committee Members, Transition Group and Reference Group Members and the Directors and staff of Local Health District Health Promotion Services across NSW.
This paper was developed as part of a program of research on monitoring health promotion practice within The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre. It was funded through the National Health and Medical Research Council Partnership Centre Grants Scheme (ID GNT 9100001) with the Australian Government Department of Health, the NSW Ministry of Health, ACT Health and the HCF Research Foundation.
Author contributions
AG and CI-H drafted the manuscript. CR, JM, AM, MW, LP, ST, NL and JW reviewed and contributed to editing the manuscript. All authors read, revised and approved the final manuscript. All authors contributed to the development and/or implementation of PHIMS.
Competing interests
None declared.
Peer review and provenance
Externally peer reviewed, commissioned.
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Notes
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