National Nutrition Information Systems Technical Note Designing Effective Data Visualizations

Download or read book National nutrition information systems. Technical note: designing effective data visualizations written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2024-01-12 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series of technical notes is produced on different topics of a national nutrition information system (NNIS) that are included in the first-ever global guidance on NNIS published in 2021. While the fundamental modules of the guidance describe the basics of a NNIS, each technical note deals with a specific topical area and presents details on those topics. The technical notes will help design and implement a NNIS and/or integrate a nutrition information system in the existing health management information system. The success of a national nutrition information system depends predominantly on how to transform data into actionable evidence. Data visualization involves the use of graphic displays of data to tell a story in a simpler way. This technical note presents tips for selecting and producing effective data visualizations for a wide range of purposes and audiences. It complements the technical note “The power of nutrition dashboards, profiles and scorecards”.