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TL;DR
The study conducted a descriptive comparison of health promotion and disease prevention programme registries (HPPRs) in six European countries and the EU Best Practice Portal.
Archives of Public Health · 10 authors, 10 centres
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The study conducted a descriptive comparison of health promotion and disease prevention programme registries (HPPRs) in six European countries and the EU Best Practice Portal.
The study conducted a descriptive comparison of health promotion and disease prevention programme registries (HPPRs) in six European countries and the EU Best Practice Portal. Methods involved coding mechanisms to identify commonalities and differences in assessment processes, incentives, and dissemination. Key results show that all HPPRs offer a broad range of practices and most have assessment processes, but they differ in scoring systems, classification levels (e.g., 'best practice' vs. 'good practice'), and quality improvement mechanisms. Some registries provide support for practice owners to improve quality. Limitations include the descriptive nature of the comparison and potential challenges in cross-country integration due to differing standards. Implications suggest that adopting common assessment criteria could improve comparability, and greater effort is needed to promote actual implementation of practices at the national level.