Prmting Health and Preventing Disease: The EU Health Prmtin and Disease Preventin Knwledge Gateway Stefan Strcksdieck genannt Bnsmann n behalf f Petrs A. Maragkudakis, Ianna Bakgianni, Susanne Safkan, Enric Ben, Jan Wllgast, Artur Furtad, Sandra Caldeira The Eurpean Cmmissin s science and knwledge service Jint Research Centre Directrate F - Health, Cnsumers & Reference Materials Unit F.1 Health Prmtin
Why? Unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, harmful use f alchl & use f tbacc are main risk factrs fr nn-cmmunicable diseases (NCD), all preventable t a significant extent Public health (nutritin) and NCD preventin can be a challenging field, fr citizens, healthcare prfessinals & plicy makers in EU Member States (MS): brad field, e.g. diverse main NCD risk factrs staying up-t-date making sense f cmplex science rapidly evlving evidence base myriad f surces/verflw f infrmatin quality f infrmatin scientific uncertainty, ften lack f cnsensus time/budget cnstraints cntrasting plitical pririties
Aim T help EU plicy makers, prfessinals and citizens mitigate NCD risk factrs and imprve health, the Eurpean Cmmissin has created the https://ec.eurpa.eu/jrc/en/health-knwledge-gateway Launched 4 Dec 2017, with EU Health and Fd Safety Cmmissiner Vytenis Andriukaitis
Abut A tailr-made website hub f independent, up-t-date and reliable infrmatin well-structured, peer-reviewed reference Briefs intercnnected infrmatin in ne place Current tpics relate t pririty MS public health plicy needs in NCD risk factr preventin Unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, alchl-related harm, tbacc use Related scietal impacts Created in cllabratin with DG Health and Fd Safety (SANTE) and with decisin-makers in EU MS
The Briefs Knwledge Gateway cntent rganised in independent Briefs Each structured in similar manner with sectins n (if applicable): Definitins Current EU situatin Dietary r expsure surces Disease-related burden Labelling Plicy recmmendatins Health-related effects Implemented plicies Recmmendatins
The Briefs 14 Briefs published between Dec 2017 and Dec 2018 Fats Fibre Prtein Salt Sugars and sweeteners Fruit and vegetables Whle grain Water Alchlic beverages Fd and nn-alchlic beverage marketing t children and adlescents Physical (in)activity and sedentary behaviur Cst f NCDs EU burden frm NCDs and key risk factrs Health inequalities: diet- and physical activityrelated determinants
Editrial prcess Tpic selectin T better respnd t EU MS plicy needs, tpics are selected based n cnsultatins with DG SANTE EU Steering Grup n Health Prmtin, Disease Preventin and Management f NCDs EU MS plicy maker representatives frm: EU High Level Grup n Nutritin and Physical Activity (HLG) Cmmittee n Natinal Alchl Plicy and Actin (CNAPA)
Editrial prcess - Reviewing Rigrus internal and external reviewing Invlves recgnised scientific and plicy experts f the tpic at hand Frequently updated and expanded t new tpics
Methdlgy Surces Aim is t prvide shrt, impactful and cncise infrmatin Des nt aim fr a systematic and exhaustive review f all available literature; difficult t d with such a brad tpic area Adpts a tiered apprach n selectin f surces, preferring 'tp-level' publicatins frm authritative public institutins that are free f cnflicts f interest ther surces are cnsidered case-by-case when infrmatin is lacking n 'tp' tiers r when a niche issue is examined N strict time limit n publicatin date, hwever in general surces f infrmatin befre 2005 have nt been cnsidered
Methdlgy Tiered surce selectin
Methdlgy Examples f Tier 1&2 surces
Methdlgy Imprtant pints Infrmatin frm the riginal publicatins has been cmpiled and restructured in a meaningful way but there is n interpretatin r discussin by the JRC Briefs reflect the way evidence, statements, cnclusins, pinins r recmmendatins are prvided in surce dcuments Opinins r statements are quted directly frm the riginal text, wherever pssible Different surces may prvide diverging r cnflicting infrmatin, e.g. when reprting health-related effects r when issuing recmmendatins We reprt, t the best f ur knwledge, all relevant infrmatin frm the cnsidered surces, even - r especially - in the case f lack f cnsensus
Methdlgy Imprtant pints It is utside the scpe f the Knwledge Gateway t: evaluate strength f evidence f riginal surces it reprts hwever if such evaluatin is present in the surce systematically research knwledge r research gaps unless such a cnclusin is reprted as a recmmendatin t plicy makers frm a surce systematically research the evaluatin f existing natinal plicies prvide a cmplete directry f dietary recmmendatins and nutrient intakes frm all 28 EU MS althugh we try t be as inclusive as pssible and are happy t incrprate infrmatin sent t us
Methdlgy Style and QC Knwledge Gateway strives fr clear writing style Briefs avid use f technical terminlgy and details; where unavidable, terms are defined and explained in cmprehensive glssary Mst infrmatin rganised in expandable Tables t facilitate reading intra- and inter-webpage linkages facilitate navigatin and intercnnectin Tables and text supplemented by heat maps and graphs Adherence, where applicable, t website guidelines f EC Infrmatin Prviders Guide, and t specific quality criteria fr health websites frm EC, US Dept. f Health and Medline Plus
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