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The Research Team
The data for each country are collected and entered by a designated person or group of persons
['the national researcher(s)] in that country. The national researchers are invited by the HP-Source.net
Project leaders to participate in the project on the basis of their known interest in the field of
health promotion. A majority of the researchers have long experience in the field of health promotion,
a few have limited experience.
Method of Data Collection and Entry
All national researchers are provided with sole access to their country's data entry website (located within
the overall HP-Source.net website) and are guided through the data entry process by prompts, supplemented by
definitions and explanations and opportunities to contact the HP-Source.net Project leaders for further advice.
They are also able to refer to a Word file containing all the questions they are required to answer.
Data Quality
The completeness, validity and reliability of the data are all dependent on the national researchers' ability to
identify all the correct data and to enter them correctly. Within the scope of this project, it has not been feasible
to validate the data, nor to ascertain the reliability of the national researchers' management of the data entry.
However, HP-Source.net has under development a protocol and a mutual-help learning programme to maximise national
researchers' consistency in decision making about what data to enter and how to do so.
Several conditions regarding the data available from HP-Source.net should be noted. Although the data are reported
at the country level, data entry has not been undertaken on behalf of, or approved by, authorities in any country,
nor has HP-Source.net sought approval from any authority. All data available at HP-Source.net are intended to meet
stated goals and objectives of the HP-Source.net partners, and we take no responsibility for any other use to which
the information may be put. HP-Source.net respondents (persons who undertake data entry) use their best judgement
and documented information that is available to the public at the time of data entry.
HP-Source.net and partners make no representation regarding either the completeness or the accuracy of the information
available at HP-Source.net.The information provided is necessarily selective, and does not represent the full breadth
of policy, infrastructure and programmes available in an country. A complete mapping of country-level activities is
beyond the resources and remit
of HP-Source.net.
Helping Each Other to Improve the Data
As a user of this resource, you can help to make it better in future by:
- identifying the entries you think should be corrected, and in what way
- identifying missing information
- making other suggestions for improvement.
Please send your contributions to your country researcher by e-mail (see Contacts) Wherever you can, please provide the titles, URLs and publication dates of any reports or papers you cite, and the names, contact details and URLs of any institutions you refer to.
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