Objective
The main objective of the GeoHealthS Project is the
assessment of the health of the
Portuguese population over the last 20 years through the construction,
application, and availability of a Population
Health Index on the municipal level.This index will (1) serve as a multi-dimensional,
comprehensive, and consistent measure of the population’s health
profile and the factors which influence health and (2) aid in supporting the
decision making process at the local level.
Specific objectives |
- To identify
the health determinants and the health outcomes, in the last 20
years;
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- To analyse
the geographic and time variations of the health outcomes and contextual determinants as well as their evolution over the last 20
years;
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- To create an
Index which is able to characterize and monitor the population’s health, both
in a global way and in different areas of concern (e.g.
economics, social equity, the environment, health care, mortality and
morbidity), in time (covering a period of 20 years) and space (focusing on the
municipal level);
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- To create
the public access WebSIG platform (a technological platform based on
geographical information systems), with interactive maps available whose
features allow users to view and compare the space-time distribution of matters
relating to the health of the Portuguese population;
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- To provide a
decision-making tool for those at the local level, namely in terms of defining
priority areas for the promotion of health within the population.
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