Indicators Flashcards
Health Intervention & Development
Health Issue: Define the problem.
Determinants:
Social, environmental, behavioral, biological, health systems.
Theories:
Health Belief, Social Determinants, Ecological Model.
Interventions:
Preventive, promotive, curative, rehabilitative, sociopolitical.
Indicators: Observable and measurable characteristics that show progress toward a goal or objective.
Can be outcome-related or process-related.
Outcome Indicator:
Measures progress toward outcome objectives.
Shows intended change in the target audience or health outcome.
Process Indicator:
Measures progress toward process outcomes.
Documents activities produced (both quantity and quality).
Indicators
1+ Indicator per Objective (outcome/process)
Evaluates objective achievement.
Can be quantitative or qualitative.
Key Considerations:
Data source, collection method, quality, feasibility, limitations.
Sources:
Situational assessment, frameworks/theories, standards, past documents/evaluations.
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Indicator Frameworks:
Pan-Canadian resources.
provide measures of:
- Chronic diseases
- mental health
- risk & protective factors
- Determinants
Perinatal Health Indicators (PHI)
National surveillance of maternal, fetal & infant health in Canada
Data sources:
CIHI Discharge Abstract Database
Canadian Community Health Survey
Vital Statistics (birth, stillbirth, death)
Interactive tool available:
View by province/territory, time trends, other factors
CMSIF (Child Maltreatment)
Tracks outcomes + risk/protective factors
Levels: Individual → Society
Data by sex, age, demographics
SSIF (Suicide)
Suicide & self-injury data
4 domains: Individual → Society
Pan-Canadian estimates
PASS (Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, Sleep)
Monitors movement behaviours
Domains: Individual, Social, Built/Society
First Nations & Inuit Indicators
Focus: Health status, determinants, system performance
4 domains incl. demographics
Includes interpretation
CCDI (Chronic Disease)
Chronic disease data + risk/protective factors
National estimates, trends, data by group
PMHSIF (Positive Mental Health)
Tracks mental well-being & related factors
Focus on coping, resilience, life satisfaction
Creating an infographic to share with the population.
Depending on our results or intervention (situational assessment) : understand which factors are the strongest (the level of influence) and may find that most important factors are at individual or policy level. When it comes to measuring: we would level the same way (individual level and respectively and at the policy level (it’s difficult to target all of them.
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