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Unraveling social health inequalities during COVID-19 in Belgium: the vital role of data linkages
34, Issue Supplement_3 (2024) Keywords: COVID-19 Social inequalities Abstract: Background During the COVID-19 crisis, data linkages were set up to efficiently monitor the outbreak and identify ...
Establishing disease models for the Belgian national burden of disease study: challenges and perspectives
are adapted from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study, and complemented with local data where possible. This process ensures consistency with available disability weights, while still allowing for ...
The burden of psoriasis in Belgium, 2021
national data. As there is no single comprehensive data source on prevalence of psoriasis in Belgium, a critical appraisal of existing local and national data sources was conducted. We estimated the ...
Burden of inflammatory bowel disease in Belgium, 2020
burden of IBD in Belgium based on locally available data. We estimated the Belgian IBD burden in 2020 in terms of mortality, prevalence, years of life lost (YLL s) due to premature death, years lived with ...
Unravelling COVID-19 social mortality patterns using conditional inference tree algorithm
Abstract: Background The COVID-19 pandemic led to significant excess mortality in 2020 in Belgium. By using microlevel cause-specific mortality data for the total Belgian adult population in 2020, three ...
The knowledge layer: the role of key messages for translating data into meaning
Journal of Public Health, European Journal of Public Health, Volume 34, Issue Supplement_3, Lisbon, Portugal (2024) Keywords: Health monitoring Knowledge translation Abstract: The large volume of data ...
The information layer: shaping data into meaning with interactive tools
health data are contingent upon a robust analytical framework. This framework encompasses essential processes such as data cleaning, validation, and the critical evaluation of bias and missing data ...
The data layer: the importance of sources critical appraisal
is to tracking the health status of its citizens and understanding its evolution over time. Given the absence of a singular, comprehensive data source, we developed a framework to select databases ...
A time series of tobacco use in Belgium based on a critical appraisal of data sources, 1997-2020
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Sarah Nayani; Robby De Pauw; Brecht Devleesschauwer *; Leonor Guariguata Source: European Journal of Public Health, Volume 33, Issue Supplement_2 (2023) Service: Information sanitai ...
Data linkage in a crisis: Insights from the HELICON project on COVID-19 hospitalizations and long-term health outcomes
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Laura Van den Borre * Source: Study Day Health Information and Policy- How can we maximise the potential of data linkages for ...