Public Health Informatics Database

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Public Health Informatics Database

• Arun Kalyanasundaram, M.B.B.S, (MPH)
• Robert Gold, Ph.D, Dr.Ph
• Nancy Atkinson, Ph.D

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Acknowledgments

• Dr. Gold
• Dr. Atkinson
• Darrin Maule
• Gayathri Gopiram
• Patrick Koeppl
• Joscelyn Silsby
• Harry Kwon, Kim Odam, and Anjali Chokshi

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What is PHI?

• Public Health Informatics is the application of
  information science and technology to public
  health practice and research
• Public Health Informatics encompasses many
  concepts

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The Database

• A database of published research
• Range of scientific evidence in this area
• Baseline understanding of the definition,
  history, and potential future of public health
  informatics
• Mechanism for meta-analyses on the effectiveness
  of public health informatics on populations.

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Methods

• Key words
• Exploratory Search
• Internal Review and Consensus

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Key Words

• Public Health

Informatics

• Community Health
• Health Education
• Health Promotion
• Patient education
• Public Health

• Computer Assisted Instruction
• Internet
• Informatics

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Articles

• Articles retrieved by the combinations of
  keywords were reviewed
• Relevant ones selected and then collected
• Articles were divided into
• Meta-Analysis/Literature Review
• Experimental
• Quasi-Experimental
• Observational
• Thematic

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Articles (Continued)

• As a group process, the common fields for the
  articles and the fields for the different
  categories of articles were decided upon
• Each of these fields were are also defined in
  order that they remain consistent
• Oracle database was created in order to organize
  summative information on the articles.

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Proposed Database Fields
Common Fields
Informatics topic Health area Age group Type of
study URL
Author Year Title Source Key words
Purposes Methodology Sample Length of
study Instrumentation Theoretical framework Study
design Results Discussion Recommendations
Purposes Central idea Discussion Recommendations
Purposes Methodology Theoretical
framework Results Discussion Recommendations
Purposes Methodology Sample Length of
study Instrumentation Theoretical framework Study
design Intervention Results Discussion Recommenda
tions
Purposes Methodology Sample Length of
study Instrumentation Theoretical framework Study
design Intervention Results Discussion Recommendat
ions
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Current state

• Data Entry Articles are currently being entered
  into the database
• Inter-rater Reliability Multiple RAs are
  coding the same articles to ensure consistency

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Contact Information

• Public Health Informatics Research Laboratory
• Department of Public and Community Health
• College of Health and Human Performance
• www.phi.umd.edu
• Arun Kalyanasundaram arunk_at_wam.umd.edu
• 301-405-8533
• Nancy Atkinson na31_at_umail.umd.edu
• 301-405-2522

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Thanks!