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A systematic review of barriers to data sharing in public health | BMC Public Health

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In the current information age, the use of data has become essential for decision making in public health at the local, national, and global level. Despite a global commitment to the use and sharing of public health data, this can be challenging in reality. No systematic framework or global operational guidelines have been created for data sharing in public health. Barriers at different levels have limited data sharing but have only been anecdotally discussed or in the context of specific case studies. Incomplete systematic evidence on the scope and variety of these barriers has limited opportunities to maximize the value and use of public health data for science and policy. We conducted a systematic literature review of potential barriers to public health data sharing. Documents that described barriers to sharing of routinely collected public health data were eligible for inclusion and reviewed independently by a team of experts. We grouped identified barriers in a taxonomy for a focu

A systematic review of barriers to data sharing in public health Research article Open access Published: 05 November 2014 Volume 14 , article number 1144 ( 2014 ) Cite this article You have full access to this open access article Download PDF Save article View saved research BMC Public Health Aims and scope Submit manuscript A systematic review of barriers to data sharing in public health Download PDF Abstract Background In the current information age, the use of data has become essential for decision making in public health at the local, national, and global level. Despite a global commitment

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