Study day health information and policy: How can health data and local policy interact successfully?

The Health information service of Sciensano has the pleasure to invite you to their study day “Health information and policy — How can health data and local policy interact successfully?”. The study day takes place on Thursday 23 November 2023 from 9h30 to 15h30 in the Belgian Royal Library in Brussels.

The central topic of the study day is the collection and analysis of health data and the valorisation of health information in local policy-making.

In the morning, we organise interactive workshops on the production, analysis and availability of health data at local level. In the afternoon, presentations on the use of health information and its implementation in local policies are scheduled. Experts in the fields share their knowledge and experience and reflect on bottlenecks and opportunities regarding the interaction between health information and policy-making. For the key presentation in the afternoon, we have invited Brussels’ minister for Mobility, Public Works and Road Safety, Elke Van den Brandt. Other topics on the agenda include the Local Health Interview Survey of Sciensano, the IMA Atlas, and the valorisation of health information by the Hainaut Health Observatory and by the City of Antwerp. We conclude the  study day by a panel discussion in which the input of the attendees is central.
 
Throughout the day, we highly value interaction with and between attendees. There will be many opportunities for networking, for instance during lunch and the closing reception.

Preliminary programme

09h30 – 10h00: Registration + coffee

10h00 – 10h15: Welcome + General intro (Brecht Devleesschauwer, Michael Creek)

10h15-11h45: Workshops: run in parallel in a rotation in the different rooms:
Workshop 1 —  The Local Interview Survey.pdf (Lize Hermans, Sciensano)
Workshop 2 —  Food environments and their impact on population health.pdfStefanie Vandevijvere, Sciensano)
Workshop 3 — The IMA Atlas (Andreas De Bleser, Intermutualistic Agency)

Auditorium: 1 > 2 > 3

Panorama: 2 > 3 > 1

Atelier: 3 > 1 > 2

11h45 – 12h00: Plenary feedback from the workshops

12h00 – 13h00: Lunch

13h00 – 13h30: Presentation by Elke Van den Brandt.pdf (Brussels Minister of Mobility, Public Works and Road Safety) 
13h30 – 13h45: Building an integrated dashboard for population health management study day.pdf (Ann Marie Borg, FOD Volksgezondheid / SPF Santé Publique)
13h45 – 14h05: Christian Massot (Hainaut Health Observatory) in interaction with Andreas De Bleser (Intermutualistic Agency)
14h05 – 14h25: Liesbet Meyvis (City of Antwerp’s health department) in interaction with Lize Hermans (Sciensano)

14h25 – 15h10: Panel discussion
15h10 – 15h25: Wrap-up and closing (Brecht Devleesschauwer, Michael Creek)

15h30 – 16h30: Reception