Using a knowledge-based approach: the way healthy communities make decisions

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Gudes, Ori
Yigitcanlar, Tan
Kendall, Elizabeth
Pathak, Virendra
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Tan Yigitcanlar, Ana Cristina Fachinelli

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2011
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Bento Goncalves, Brazil

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The planning for Knowledge Cities faces significant challenges due to the lack of effective information tools. These challenges are magnified while planning healthy communities. The Australian Health Information Council (AHIC) concluded in its last report that health information needs to be shared more effectively (AHIC, 2008). Some research justifies the use of Decision Support Systems (DSS) as an E-planning tool, particularly in the context of healthy communities. However, very limited research has been conducted in this area to date, especially in terms of evaluating the impact of these tools on decision-makers within the health planning practice. The paper presents the methodological instruments which were developed to measure the impact of the E-planning tool (i.e., Health Decision Support System [HDSS])) on a group of health planners, namely, the Logan Beaudesert Health Coalition (LBHC). The paper is focused on the culture in which decisions were made before and after the intervention of the HDSS. Subsequently, the paper presents the observed impact of the HDSS tool, to facilitate a knowledge-based decision-making approach. This study is an attempt to make some contribution to the Knowledge

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4th Knowledge Cities World Summit (KCWS 2011)

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Urban and Regional Planning not elsewhere classified

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