From monitoring to action: utilising health survey data in national policy development and implementation in Finland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health interview and examination surveys provide valuable information for policy, practice and research purposes. Appropriate use of high-quality, representative and timely population data can indirectly help the citizens to live healthier and longer lives. The aim of this study was to review how health survey data have supported health policy making, health research and everyday health care in Finland.

Methods

Data were collected by focused interviews with ten Finnish senior experts from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, political parties, National Institute for Health and Welfare, universities, and health associations.

Results

Most interviewees agreed that health surveys have positively affected the health of the population over the past 50 years

SUBMITTER: Kilpelainen K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6852713 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature