scholarly journals Needs-based decision-making for municipal health promotion – an analysis across 13 European countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
E Quilling ◽  
M Kuchler ◽  
J Leimann ◽  
S Dieterich ◽  
C Plantz
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Healthy Living ◽  
Living Environments ◽  
Municipal Health

Abstract Introduction In contradiction to many recommendations, municipal health promotion often does not address identified needs. In order to create healthy living environments, all the 13 countries participating in Work package 6 - healthy living environments (WP6) of the EU Joint Action Health Equity Europe have been implementing feasible actions since autumn 2019 based on a country-specific needs analysis. They were supported on a theoretical level by the contents of the WP6 Implementation Template. The aim is to find out if and how the decision-making process from needs-based planning to the implementation of these measures in municipal health promotion was successful. Methods In order to gain an insight into the process 'from needs to action' and to obtain information about the methodological approach to implementation, guideline-based interviews were conducted with the project partners of WP6. These, as well as accompanying questionnaire-based interim reports, were evaluated comparatively in terms of content analysis according to Mayring and with regard to concrete evaluation criteria, obstacles and success factors during individual steps that can be transferred to the Public Health Action Cycle. Results The interim reports of the participating countries show that the step from an identified problem and related needs to a concrete, tailored action is often difficult. The relevant aspects mentioned above will be analysed more detailed during the interviews. It is to be expected that further insights can be gained from this, especially on successful implementation processes. Conclusions The mix of reports and interviews with participants from different European countries offers a broad view of the decision-making process in local health promotion and makes obstacles and success factors transparent for other actors in this field.

scholarly journals Workshop: Creating healthy living environments in municipalities – European concepts, needs and actions

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Equity ◽  
Joint Action ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Healthy Living ◽  
Work Package ◽  
Living Environments ◽  
Municipal Level

Abstract Health equity is influenced by the local social and physical environment we are living in. Municipalities all over Europe have a key role in shaping and addressing these living conditions. This is why one of the Work packages in the current EU Joint Action Health Equity Europe (JAHEE) deals with the living environment, and what municipalities can contribute to shape them in a health promoting and equity-oriented way. Current action in this field is fragmented, varies highly between and within European countries and strongly depends on political leadership. The Work package aims at providing a systematic and structured support for participating countries in taking action to create healthy living environments. In Work package 6 - Healthy living environments, 17 national and regional public health authorities from 13 countries collaborate to exchange knowledge, practices and implement actions that promote healthy living environments. This workshop aims at bringing together current knowledge and experience of why and how to create healthy living environments on the municipal level. Furthermore, it is supposed to inform what countries currently do and need to do in this field of action from the perspective of national public health institutes and ministries of health. And thirdly, an innovative local example of how to put the theory into practice will be presented. The “Should be”: The first presentation will describe the common conceptual basis for the project partners - the Policy Framework for Action. As was agreed upon among the project partners, the specific focus is a broad community approach towards health promotion that is steered from the municipal level. The “To be”: The second presentation will focus on common European challenges and potentials based on the country assessments that were conducted in the frame of the project, and how municipalities can be supported from the European, national and regional levels. Third and fourth presentations will present more in-depth country reports from Greece and Serbia describing the current capacities and potential for municipal health promotion. The “Good Practice”: The fifth presentation from the Netherlands will present an innovative approach from the City of Utrecht that is implemented in the frame of the Joint Action Health Equity Europe. The findings will be discussed using an interactive online-tool, and finally next steps, future actions and recommendations will be outlined. The workshop will give the possibility for stakeholders that are not currently involved in the Joint Action to inform themselves of the activities on the European level. The broadening of the audience is also crucial for enhancing awareness of health equity and healthy living environments as well as increasing the acceptance of the conceptual framework at national levels. Through exchange of knowledge and experience, potential new partners could be reached and involved in the project. Key messages The workshop brings together current knowledge of why and how European municipalities can create healthy living environments. The workshop presents what European countries currently do and need to do in this field of action.

scholarly journals Understanding the perspectives of older adults and elderly regarding vaccination; a snapshot in four European countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Timen ◽  
R Eilers ◽  
S Lockhart ◽  
R Gavioli ◽  
S Paul ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Syncytial Virus

Abstract Prevention of infectious diseases in elderly by immunization is a prerequisite to ensuring healthy ageing. However, in order for the vaccine programs to be effective, these need to be provided by health care professionals who have up-to-date knowledge and high motivation. Furthermore, the knowledge and attitudes towards vaccination in the targeted age groups needs to be fully understood. When focusing on the information provision, it is important to know from whom or which institution older adults and elderly would like to receive and in which form. In January 2019, an international project called the VITAL (The Vaccines and InfecTious diseases in the Ageing population) project was started, within the framework of IMI (Innovative Medicines Initiatives). One of the goals of the VITAL project is to develop strategies to educate and train health care professionals (HCPs) and to promote awareness among stakeholders involved in elderly care management. We briefly focus on the results of studies undertaken in four European countries (Italy, France, The Netherlands and Hungary), which reveal the perspective of older adults and elderly regarding influenza, pneumococcal, herpes zoster vaccination and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) as well as generic characteristics of the vaccines and diseases. We will show how attitudes towards vaccination are represented in our study population and which determinants influence the decision-making process of accepting vaccination. Furthermore, we shall elaborate on how the decision-making process towards vaccination takes place and which additional information is needed. In the second part of the session, we shall invite the audience to reflect on the findings and identify the factors they consider most important for setting up a training and education programme on vaccination.

scholarly journals Critical Success Factors for the Adoption of Decision Tools in IPM

Agronomy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rossi ◽  
Sperandio ◽  
Caffi ◽  
Simonetto ◽  
Gilioli
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Plant Protection ◽  
Crop Protection ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Decision Tools ◽  
Critical Success

The rational control of harmful organisms for plants (pests) forms the basis of the integrated pest management (IPM), and is fundamental for ensuring agricultural productivity while maintaining economic and environmental sustainability. The high level of complexity of the decision processes linked to IPM requires careful evaluations, both economic and environmental, considering benefits and costs associated with a management action. Plant protection models and other decision tools (DTs) have assumed a key role in supporting decision-making process in pest management. The advantages of using DTs in IPM are linked to their capacity to process and analyze complex information and to provide outputs supporting the decision-making process. Nowadays, several DTs have been developed, tackling different issues, and have been applied in different climatic conditions and agricultural contexts. However, their use in crop management is restricted to only certain areas and/or to a limited group of users. In this paper, we review the current state-of-the-art related to DTs for IPM, investigate the main modelling approaches used, and the different fields of application. We also identify key drivers influencing their adoption and provide a set of critical success factors to guide the development and facilitate the adoption of DTs in crop protection.

An Investigation of BI Implementation Critical Success Factors in Iranian Context

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 41-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahad Zare Ravasan ◽  
Sogol Rabiee Savoji
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Business Intelligence ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Domain Experts ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Iranian Context

Nowadays, many organizations take Business Intelligence (BI) systems to improve their decision-making processes. Although many organizations have adopted BI systems, not all of these implementations have been successful. This paper seeks to identify critical success factors (CSFs) that impact on successful implementation of BI systems in organizations. So, at first, through literature review, 26 CSFs were identified. Following that, a questionnaire was developed and then filled out by domain experts who had at least three years of experience in BI implementation projects in Iran. Robust Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was run for data analysis, which finally classified 26 CSFs into four distinct groups termed as “organizational”, “human”, “project management”, and “technical”. The results of this study provide a very useful reference for scholars and managers to identify the relevant issues of BI projects in Iran.

Critical Success Factors of Enterprise Data Analytics and Visualization Ecosystem

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 34-55
Author(s):  
Mohammad Daradkeh
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Data Analytics ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Integrative Framework ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Effective Decision Making

With the huge proliferation of Big Data, combined with the increasing demand for analytics-driven decision-making, the data analytics and visualization (DAV) ecosystem is increasingly becoming a trending practice that many enterprises are adopting to gain actionable insights from corporate data for effective decision-making. Although DAV platforms have tremendous benefits, extant research has paid insufficient attention to the investigation of the critical success factors (CSFs) underpinning their successful implementation in enterprises. In order to bridge this knowledge gap, this study presents an integrative framework synthesizing a set of CSFs for implementing DAV platforms in enterprises. A qualitative research methodology, comprising semi-structured interviews with IT and business analysts, was conducted to collect and analyze the interview data. Analysis of results revealed that the CSFs of DAV implementation exist in various dimensions composed of organizational, technological, process, and people perspectives. This study provides several theoretical and practical implications.

scholarly journals Key success factors to business intelligence solution implementation

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
José Manuel Villamarín García ◽  
Beatriz Helena Díaz Pinzón
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Business Intelligence ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Organizational Outcomes ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Key Success Factors ◽  
Review Analysis ◽  
Improve Planning

Business intelligence (BI) solutions have been adopted within organizations as amean to achieve a more grounded decision making process that results in better organizational outcomes. Nowadays, about 70% to 80% of business intelligence implementation projects fail due to both technological and managerial issues. Multi-methodology proposed by Mingers (2006) was followed to develop the research in four phases: appreciation, where documental search wasconducted through a literature review; analysis, where hypothetical structures related with the key success factors were proposed; assessment, where key success factors were assessed along with experts; and action, where research results discussion was shown. As a result, 13 factors that affect the business intelligence solution’s success were identified. Those factors contributeto improve planning and implementation of business intelligence projects, accomplishing in a greater extent the purposes of these projects.

scholarly journals A Literature Review of Factors Influencing Implementation of Management Information Systems in Organizations

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
Shuddha Chowdhury ◽  
K. M. Salahuddin
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Management Information Systems ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Management Information ◽  
Successful Execution ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Process Managers

A proper implementation of Management Information Systems (MIS) can improve an organization's performance, productivity, and work efficiently. Three factors are vital in the successful implementation of MIS. These are organization factors, technology factors and management factors. There are several other factors but these three are the most important ones according to observation. All other factors can be incorporated into these three factors. These three main factors work in an integrated and coordinated way. There are several other important sub-factors in each of these three areas. These are also discussed in this paper. Management Information Systems (MIS) play a vital role in decision-making process. Managers can improve their decision-making process with the successful execution of Information Systems. Our main goal in this paper is to determine the factors and make discussions on them. How they affect in the successful implementation of MIS is also discussed here.

An Investigation of BI Implementation Critical Success Factors in Iranian Context

2016 ◽  
pp. 1935-1951
Author(s):  
Ahad Zare Ravasan ◽  
Sogol Rabiee Savoji
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Domain Experts ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Iranian Context

Nowadays, many organizations take Business Intelligence (BI) systems to improve their decision-making processes. Although many organizations have adopted BI systems, not all of these implementations have been successful. This paper seeks to identify critical success factors (CSFs) that impact on successful implementation of BI systems in organizations. So, at first, through literature review, 26 CSFs were identified. Following that, a questionnaire was developed and then filled out by domain experts who had at least three years of experience in BI implementation projects in Iran. Robust Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was run for data analysis, which finally classified 26 CSFs into four distinct groups termed as “organizational”, “human”, “project management”, and “technical”. The results of this study provide a very useful reference for scholars and managers to identify the relevant issues of BI projects in Iran.

scholarly journals 2.I. Workshop: Implementing local health equity policies in Europe – Needs, governance and tools

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Equity ◽  
Health Inequalities ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Healthy Living ◽  
Entry Points ◽  
Living Environments

Abstract The effects of health inequalities within and between European countries are widely recognized, and reducing health inequalities is on the agenda of many countries. Despite an increasing concern and awareness on health inequalities, a wide gap exists in Europe in terms of political response. Health is created and lived by people within the settings of their everyday life; where they learn, work, play and love. Healthy urban development has a great potential to reduce health inequalities. Healthy living environments can only be created if sectors other than the health sector are involved. Health in all policies (HiAP) is an approach promoted by WHO since the Ottawa Charta (1986). It acknowledges the need for an integrated approach to health involving different policy fields. The reduction of health inequalities is one core aim. Including HiAP is a smart - and feasible - policy choice and one concrete measure it to use prospective Health Impact Assessment focusing on equity. Working with other government sectors requires an understanding of different mandates and goals, and may involve crossing administrative and budgetary barriers between sectors. Different policy actors and professional disciplines have their own languages and approaches to the problems and opportunities in societal development. For this reason, HiAP needs to promote an understanding of the language, goals and working methods across government sectors. Municipal governments need to build trusting and collaborative relationships both between internal sector silos, and across stakeholders within society. The municipal context offers comprehensive entry points for action. Municipalities seek to provide education throughout the life course, create appropriate conditions for housing as well as for physical activity and healthy eating. Municipalities can also promote the creation of a stable ecosystem. Moreover, a focus on municipalities addresses the local political context, local political regulations and urban or rural planning and development, which are important contributions to improving living conditions. There is valid information on health, health inequalities and its determinants available, but the information is not automatically transformed to concrete policy actions and measures. Besides knowledge, policy implementation requires many other elements to be effective: political will and commitment, collaboration, resources and governance. This session presents current findings and actions in the frame of the EU Joint Action Health Equity Europe (JAHEE). The first contribution includes an analysis of specific governance aspects for healthy living environments that are being addressed in JAHEE: How is the process from needs to decision-making to actions done by the participating 13 countries? After that, 4 examples from the Netherlands, Italy and Spain will describe their needs, governance and tools while implementing local health equity policies in their own context. Key messages The local level is the place where many determinants of health can be shaped and where Health and Equity in all Policies can be realized in an innovative way. There are many existing examples for tools and governance for local health equity policies that can be transferred to other places.

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