Harmonizing Data Visualizations on Child Health and Well-Being to Strengthen Advocacy and Monitoring Efforts

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Key Messages

Although the substantial increase in data visualization tools on child health and well-being has made data more accessible and facilitated evidence-based decision-making, the increase has contributed to confusion over which tools to use for specific purposes and how they complement each other. We summarize the events that triggered increased production of data visualization tools on child health and well-being, discuss the benefits and challenges resulting from this increase, and propose principles for producing future tools, with an emphasis on tools for global monitoring, so that they most effectively spark action and accountability for children. The 6 principles include: (1) cocreate data visualization tools across organizations; (2) align donors on requests for new child health data visualization tools; (3) define the purpose, target audience, and added value of new tools at the outset; (4) develop tools through inclusive engagement of all key stakeholders; (5) identify a lead institution or individual to manage iterations of the tool and build consensus; and (6) select indicators that adhere to standard definitions, recommended data sources, and are available through existing data collection platforms.

Authors: Requejo, JH; Strong, K; Aboud, F; Agweyu, A; Billah, SM

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins School Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Communication Programs
• Journal: Global Health Science and Practice
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 6
• Pages: e2300183-e2300183
• Publication date: 2023-12-08
• DOI: 10.9745/ghsp-d-23-00183
• ISSN: 2169-575X
• Language: English
• Keywords: Data science; Key (lock); Data visualization; Political science; Visualization; Computer security; Process management; Knowledge management; Computer science; Engineering; Accountability; Data mining