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Making health inequality analysis accessible: WHO tools and resources using Microsoft Excel

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العنوان: Making health inequality analysis accessible: WHO tools and resources using Microsoft Excel
المؤلفون: Katherine Kirkby, Daniel A. Antiporta, Anne Schlotheuber, Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor
المصدر: International Journal for Equity in Health, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2024)
بيانات النشر: BMC, 2024.
سنة النشر: 2024
المجموعة: LCC:Public aspects of medicine
مصطلحات موضوعية: Health inequality, Health equity, Health disparity, Microsoft Excel, Capacity building, Disaggregated data, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270
الوصف: Abstract Addressing health inequity is a central component of the Sustainable Development Goals and a priority of the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO supports countries in strengthening their health information systems in order to better collect, analyze and report health inequality data. Improving information and research about health inequality is crucial to identify and address the inequalities that lead to poorer health outcomes. Building analytical capacities of individuals, particularly in low-resource areas, empowers them to build a stronger evidence-base, leading to more informed policy and programme decision-making. However, health inequality analysis requires a unique set of skills and knowledge. This paper describes three resources developed by WHO to support the analysis of inequality data by non-statistical users using Microsoft Excel, a widely used and accessible software programme. The resources include a practical eLearning course, which trains learners in the preparation and reporting of disaggregated data using Excel, an Excel workbook that takes users step-by-step through the calculation of 21 summary measures of health inequality, and a workbook that automatically calculates these measures with the user’s disaggregated dataset. The utility of the resources is demonstrated through an empirical example.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1475-9276
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1475-9276
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-024-02229-w
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/d7fdb3ded3e14ca888ad942257514ac9
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.7fdb3ded3e14ca888ad942257514ac9
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:14759276
DOI:10.1186/s12939-024-02229-w