Open AccessThe Childhood Obesity Data Initiative: A Case Study in Implementing Clinical-Community Infrastructure Enhancements to Support Health Services Research and Public Health
Author(s) -
R.P. King,
Dawn HeiseyGrove,
Nedra Garrett,
Kenneth A. Scott,
Matthew F. Daley,
Matthew Haemer,
Pradeep Podila,
Jason P. Block,
Tom Carton,
Andrew J. Gregorowicz,
K. Peter Mork,
Renee M. Porter,
Daniel Chudnov,
Jim Jellison,
Emily M. Kraus,
Megan Harrison,
Marissa Scalia Sucosky,
Sarah Armstrong,
Alyson B. Goodman
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of public health management and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.771
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1550-5022
pISSN - 1078-4659
DOI - 10.1097/phh.0000000000001419
Subject(s) - health informatics , multidisciplinary approach , public health , citizen journalism , participatory action research , knowledge management , community based participatory research , process management , business , medicine , public relations , political science , computer science , nursing , sociology , law , anthropology
We describe a participatory framework that enhanced and implemented innovative changes to an existing distributed health data network (DHDN) infrastructure to support linkage across sectors and systems. Our processes and lessons learned provide a potential framework for other multidisciplinary infrastructure development projects that engage in a participatory decision-making process.