Population Health Assessment and Surveillance

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Population Health Assessment and Surveillance (PHAS) provides the methods, tools, and human resources required to support data, information and knowledge needs for public health programming.

The work includes:

• Gathering and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data to inform decisions, policies, and strategies,
• program evaluation and monitoring activities
• addressing process, tool, and procedure issues related to quality data collection, and
• surveillance of public health issues

Informatics supports the systematic assessment, development, implementation, evaluation, and sustainment of processes, tools, and procedures necessary for quality data collection.

Evaluation provides answers to questions about the effectiveness or impact of a program, and uses that information to make informed decisions related to program support and improvement.

Surveillance focuses on the ongoing and systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of health data to understand population health determinants and recognize and assess outbreaks and disease trends.

PHAS continues to develop, refine, and practice an integrated and collaborative approach to population health to provide the foundation for evidence-informed decision making that, in turn, supports improved health outcomes for all Nova Scotians.