Reaching Beyond Technical Aspects: The Importance of Consumer Input and Cross-Sectoral Teams during Data Integration

Data integration projects are more successful when community voice is involved, and projects benefit from multidisciplinary team buy-in. Hear from the city of Hartford, Connecticut, and the city of Kansas City, Missouri, each of whom launched cross-sectoral workgroups to shepherd various types of data integration planning, implementation, and sustainability.

Learning Objectives

1. Recognize key players in the jurisdiction where buy-in is essential for data integration.
2. Describe two to three mechanisms to address consumer hesitancy in regard to data sharing.
3. Explore how to structure a successful work group to ensure data integration concretely enhances engagement/re-engagement, service delivery, and public health approaches to ending the HIV epidemic.