Discuss your answers based on the following readings. The answers should be succinct but informative with clear explanation and specific examples. Topic 1: Knowledge management (6 points) • ASTHO. Examples of Knowledge Management in Public Health Practice. August 2005
- (600 words; —120 words for background and for each component) Select one web-based data query system deployed by state, county, or city health departments (not from the class readings) and provide a brief background of the system and then discuss the system in terms of the four core components of knowledge management described in ASTHO 2005.
Web-based data query systems
• Strassburg et al. Developing a public health Web site: The Los Angeles County experience. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2002; 8(3):44-53. • Gjelsvik et al. States’ approaches to implementing a Web-based data query system. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2006; 12(2):170-175.
You are expected to examine the work of Strassburg et al. (2002) in the context of issues related to the successful development of a Web-based data query system. - (4 points; —120 words oreachistimz a to d) Summarize their work based on the following structures:
a) Background: system description and development b) Organization support and resources: staff, training, and support c) Technical consideration (e.g., compatibility, usability, standards, and data manipulation, etc.) d) Lessons and challenges from the development - (2 points; —150 words) Identify the approach adopted by Strassburg et al. (2002) from the different approaches described in Gjelsvik et al. (2006). Provide specific examples of advantages and disadvantages of the adopted approach using the metrics provided by Gjelsvik et al. (2006). (e.g., development time)
