Abstract
Background: Public Health Dashboards (PHDs) facilitate the monitoring and prediction of disease outbreaks by continuously monitoring the health status of the community. This study aimed to identify design principles and determinants for developing public health surveillance dashboards. Methodology: This scoping review is based on Arksey and O'Malley's framework as included in JBI guidance. Four databases were used to review and present the proposed principles of designing PHDs: IEEE, PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus. We considered articles published between January 1, 2010 and November 30, 2022. The final search of articles was done on November 30, 2022. Only articles in the English language were included. Qualitative synthesis and trend analysis were conducted. Results: Findings from sixty-seven articles out of 543 retrieved articles, which were eligible for analysis, indicate that most of the dashboards designed from 2020 onwards were at the national level for managing and monitoring COVID-19. Design principles for the public health dashboard were presented in five groups, i.e., considering aim and target users, appropriate content, interface, data analysis and presentation types, and infrastructure. Conclusion: Effective and efficient use of dashboards in public health surveillance requires implementing design principles to improve the functionality of these systems in monitoring and decision-making. Considering user requirements, developing a robust infrastructure for improving data accessibility, developing, and applying Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for data processing and reporting purposes, and designing interactive and intuitive interfaces are key for successful design and development.
DOI
10.1186/s12889-024-17841-2
Publication Date
2024-02-06
Publication Title
BMC Public Health
Volume
24
Issue
1
ISSN
1472-698X
Keywords
Dashboard, Public Health, Public Health Informatics, Public Health Surveillance, COVID-19, Humans, Data Analysis, Dashboard Systems, Databases, Factual
Recommended Citation
Almasi, S., Rabiei, R., Bastani, P., Ahmadi, H., & Dehghan, S. (2024) 'Developing public health surveillance dashboards: a scoping review on the design principles', BMC Public Health, 24(1). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-17841-2
