The compact guide to public health foresight

Public health foresight is a systematic, participatory, and vision-building process that explores the future to anticipate trends and support present-day actions in the area of public health. Developed within the PHIRI (Population Health Information Research Infrastructure) project, this  guide  aims  to  support  researchers  in  doing  their  own  public  health  foresight  studies. Facilitated  by  the  project,  this  guide  is  the  basis  for  those  interested  to  develop  their  public  health foresight study and exchange experiences with each other.  This guide may also assist policy makers in    understanding the foresight process and the need to include foresight in the policy cycle, to generate long-term benefits for society.