caa a22 4500 60622226X CHVBK 20210128101132.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00038-014-0569-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00038-014-0569-3 Priority setting for the prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases: multi-criteria decision analysis in four eastern Mediterranean countries [Elektronische Daten] [Rula Ghandour, Azza Shoaibi, Rana Khatib, Niveen Abu Rmeileh, Belgin Unal, Kaan Sözmen, Bülent Kılıç, Fouad Fouad, Radwan Al Ali, Habiba Ben Romdhane, Wafa Aissi, Balsam Ahmad, Simon Capewell, Julia Critchley, Abdullatif Husseini] Objectives: To explore the feasibility of using a simple multi-criteria decision analysis method with policy makers/key stakeholders to prioritize cardiovascular disease (CVD) policies in four Mediterranean countries: Palestine, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey. Methods: A simple multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) method was piloted. A mixed methods study was used to identify a preliminary list of policy options in each country. These policies were rated by different policymakers/stakeholders against pre-identified criteria to generate a priority score for each policy and then rank the policies. Results: Twenty-five different policies were rated in the four countries to create a country-specific list of CVD prevention and control policies. The response rate was 100% in each country. The top policies were mostly population level interventions and health systems' level policies. Conclusions: Successful collaboration between policy makers/stakeholders and researchers was established in this small pilot study. MCDA appeared to be feasible and effective. Future applications should aim to engage a larger, representative sample of policy makers, especially from outside the health sector. Weighting the selected criteria might also be assessed. Swiss School of Public Health, 2014 Multi-criteria decision analysis nationallicence Priority setting nationallicence Decision-making process nationallicence Low middle income countries nationallicence Cardiovascular diseases nationallicence Ghandour Rula Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine aut Shoaibi Azza Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine aut Khatib Rana Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine aut Abu Rmeileh Niveen Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine aut Unal Belgin Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylül University, 35340, İnciraltı, İzmir, Turkiye aut Sözmen Kaan Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylül University, 35340, İnciraltı, İzmir, Turkiye aut Kılıç Bülent Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylül University, 35340, İnciraltı, İzmir, Turkiye aut Fouad Fouad Syrian Center for Tobacco Studies, Aleppo, Syria aut Al Ali Radwan Syrian Center for Tobacco Studies, Aleppo, Syria aut Ben Romdhane Habiba Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiolgy and Prevention Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia aut Aissi Wafa Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiolgy and Prevention Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia aut Ahmad Balsam Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK aut Capewell Simon Department of Public Health and Policy, Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK aut Critchley Julia Division of Population Health Sciences and Education, St George's, University of London, London, UK aut Husseini Abdullatif Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine aut International Journal of Public Health Springer Basel 60(2015-01-01), 73-81 1661-8556 60<73 2015 60 38 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-014-0569-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-014-0569-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ghandour Rula Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shoaibi Azza Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Khatib Rana Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Abu Rmeileh Niveen Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Unal Belgin Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylül University, 35340, İnciraltı, İzmir, Turkiye aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sözmen Kaan Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylül University, 35340, İnciraltı, İzmir, Turkiye aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kılıç Bülent Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylül University, 35340, İnciraltı, İzmir, Turkiye aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fouad Fouad Syrian Center for Tobacco Studies, Aleppo, Syria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Al Ali Radwan Syrian Center for Tobacco Studies, Aleppo, Syria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ben Romdhane Habiba Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiolgy and Prevention Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Aissi Wafa Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiolgy and Prevention Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ahmad Balsam Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Capewell Simon Department of Public Health and Policy, Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Critchley Julia Division of Population Health Sciences and Education, St George's, University of London, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Husseini Abdullatif Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Public Health Springer Basel 60(2015-01-01), 73-81 1661-8556 60<73 2015 60 38