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A round table dedicated to discussing the results of an expert survey assessing a newly developed disease prevention methodology based on monitoring population health and risk factors was recently held. The event brought together more than 45 participants, including key stakeholders in the field of public health.
Work on the project is being carried out as part of the state-commissioned research and development project “Development of a Disease Prevention Methodology Based on Monitoring Population Health and Risk Factors” (State Registration No. 0125U001020). The project is implemented in accordance with Agreement No. DZ/166-2025 between the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.”
During the meeting, two main presentations were delivered. First, Oksana Biloshytska presented general information about the project, focusing in detail on its aim, namely to create a methodological framework for the comprehensive assessment of population health and the determinants that shape it. This development will make it possible to effectively identify priorities for financing state prevention and treatment programmes, as well as to rationally allocate healthcare resources. The project is implemented by Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute in partnership with the State Scientific Institution “Center for Innovative Healthcare Technologies” of the State Management of Affairs.
The project’s scientific supervisor, Oleksandr Galkin, presented the results of the public discussion of the new methodology and answered numerous questions from participants. He presented data from a large-scale survey involving 1,091 respondents. The key findings of the presentation included the following:
High level of support: 64.2% of experts assessed the potential of the methodology as high or very high.
Practical relevance: More than 94% of respondents represented the practical sector at the local and regional levels, confirming that the development corresponds to the real needs of the system.
Identified barriers: Attention was drawn to the lack of intersectoral cooperation and the need to integrate digital data, which are critical for successful implementation.
At the end of the meeting, the participants unanimously adopted a resolution. The document recorded the high level of acceptance of the methodology by the professional community and called for continued scientific and methodological support for the project in order to scale it up and implement it at all levels of Ukraine’s healthcare system.
Resolution Based on the Results of the Public Discussion
- A high level of acceptance of the Methodology and its practical orientation were identified. The proposed methodology received significant support from the professional community: 64.2% of respondents assessed its potential as high or very high. Since more than 94% of respondents work at the local and regional levels, it can be concluded that the assessment provided is based on the real needs of “field” workers in the system. The study of public opinion demonstrated a realistic forecast for the implementation of the Methodology and expectations of relevant long-term changes. Taking into account these data, as well as the current challenges faced by the public health system, we call for support for the continuation of the ongoing research and development work of the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” and the State Scientific Institution “Center for Innovative Healthcare Technologies” of the State Management of Affairs in the context of scientific and methodological support for the scaling, piloting and implementation of the Methodology at all levels of the healthcare system.
- We can state that there is an acute lack of intersectoral cooperation in the context of at least monitoring population health and disease prevention: more than 37% of respondents have a low level of awareness of the “Health in All Policies” concept. We view these results with some concern in the context of the European integration objectives of the healthcare system. Therefore, we call for support in the coming years for applied scientific and methodological developments aimed at strengthening intersectoral cooperation and expanding the toolkit for disease prevention, from medical to non-medical measures, at all levels of the healthcare system.
- Taking into account the above-mentioned barriers to the European integration of Ukraine’s healthcare system, we emphasise the urgent problem of digitalisation and data quality: the lack of integration between medical registers, the low quality of primary data, and the lack of information on behavioural risk factors. We consider it necessary to support interdisciplinary research and development projects at the intersection of public health, biomedical engineering and medical informatics in order to successfully implement the concept of managed disease prevention based on monitoring population health and risk factors.
