1. Paola Primatesta UCL, UK
What to measure
Paola Primatesta
UCL, UK

2. Tasks
Identify measurements based on epidemiological and public health criteria:
Burden of disease
Public health criteria
Subpopulations of interest

3. Topics’ selection criteria
Criteria of selection of topics evidence-based and based on ECHI list:
Comprehensive;
Meeting user needs – important public health domains;
Being innovative as well as based on previous knowledge;
Using Health Monitoring Programme and Public Health Programme results.

4. Criteria for recommendations
Recommendations based on:
ECHI list;
Other Projects of the Public Health Programme ;
EHRM;
WHO STEPS.

5. Key areas Demographic and socioeconomic factors Health status/disease
Health determinants/health related behaviours
Health interventions/health systems

6. Measurement selection criteria
Guiding criteria to select and prioritise HES component:
Inclusion in previous national HESs;
Availability of international standard;
Clear interpretation of the results; Practicality/easy to administer;
Ethical acceptability;
Acceptability to the respondent;
Cost.

7. Criteria for inclusion

8. Approach Identify ‘core’ measurements and additional measurements
Support a flexible model where elements can be added as requested (modular)
Adaptable to disease-oriented (e.g. CVD) or population-oriented (e.g. elderly) HES.
Final product flexible enough for its constituent elements to be adaptable to different HESs.
Provide an instrument which includes specific topics, and suggest these topics should follow a cycle (e.g. every 10 years?)

9. ‘Core’ measurements

10. Additional measurements