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What is strategic planning
The process by which an organization envisions it’s future and develop the necessary procedures and operations to achieve the future
Tactical or operational planning
Concerned with the setting of specific measurable objective and milestones to be achieved typically in a shorter and more specific time framer
programs can
Increase awareness of an issue problem or solution.
Affect attitudes to create support for individual or collective action
Demonstrator illustrate skills
Increased demand for services
Remind about or reinforce knowledge attitudes or behaviours
What are the assumptions of program planning
Programming is directed towards change either change your knowledge skills and attitudes and individuals or groups may be directed towards making change and systems communities organizations governments
Programming is a decision making process
Programming is proactive rather than reactive
Programming and Hanses efficiency
Programming is a dynamic continuous process that may be viewed as a never ending circular system
My name is collaborative it involves representatives of all who are affected by it
For generic concept assumptions about planning
Planned change, planning is directed towards the cheeping certain outcomes
Linkage planning involves linking to other elements within the organization to which environment and to his learners
Democracy planning should be collaborative and participatory
Translation funny must involve a clear communication of values and objectives and the needs of which these objectives are based
What are models
Ideas of one or more person about how program should be put together and what ingredients are necessary to ensure a successful outcomes. They can be simple or very complex they use flow charts usually a step-by-step process but you can move in between the steps
Why are models useful
Resources can be used more effectively Daily work is made easy Teamwork is fostered Basis for control is provided Better programs are developed
Why are models usually not used in developing programs
Time pressure
And I stational climate
Lack of knowledge about available models
Leave the models are too confining to be helpful
What is a theory
Organize knowledge applicable in a relatively wide variety of circumstances devised to analyze, predict, or otherwise explain the nature of behaviour or a specific set of phenomenons
What’s an example of a theory
Health belief model
What are a few Competencies of program planners
Sets priorities, his skill that carry no tasks, communicates effectively with clarity, except different opinions, treat others as equals works well on a team, organizes time effectively conveys enthusiasm, is initiating, shows good judgment, is creative, is sensitive empathetic and understanding
What are some program planning constraints
learners ability background and motivations may be a deterrent to successful program planning
Politics and policies
Financial constraints
Staffin
Time
physical environment (space is required, cost)
program developer (may have limited knowledge)
What are the 4 types of failure
- aborted planning after resources such as staff time travel other expenses are allotted to the planning of a
- Insufficient enrolment
- Negative reactions - not what the participants expected
- Unattained objectives but still enjoyed
1 failure planning for the program is partially completed but is terminated before full implementation. What are the
Design too complex or costly, responsibility of those involve not defined, no consensus on focus of program, client system not well defined
2, planning for program is complete and publicize but it does not attract sufficient enrolment. What are the causes
Inappropriate pricing, scheduling, location, not of interest to client group, poorly promoted, competition.
Type for failure. The program fail to achieve its objectives. What are the
Unrealistic expectation, and effective instruction, and clear objectives, miscommunication
Definition of a need
Process for finding out who has the need, how important it is that the need to be filled and how many people are experiencing the need. Need sis meant may also examine why a particular need exist and they point to some possible solutions for meeting the needs which of been identified
Enable us to obtain valid and reliable information which helps us to better target our services and efforts
Real needs
Represent that which is actually lacking in the situation example you need to know how to do 24 hour food recalls for your job but you don’t
Normative need
Implies existence of standards or norms
Perceived
Or what people think their needs are. These needs are unstable people’s expectations fluctuate and are susceptible to change. With normative needs a single standard exist we perceive need standards change with each responded
Felt need
It’s a self identified recognition of what is lacking in the situation, or strong motivator is to enrol in educational events. Felt needs may also be real needs but often are merely symptomatic needs. For example a nutritionist petition for a dental service
Symptomatic
Are those filled by people and identified by them is real needs, but which are, in fact, symptoms of underlying real needs. They are valuable as they provide clues to identify and real needs. For example a functionality illiterate adults may focus on the fact he cannot get an appointment some to Maddock need, rather than on the fact that becoming illiterate could help him get a job real need
Relative or comparative need
I measured as gaps between levels of services existing in one community and those existing in another
Wire needs an assessment important
Justification of funding, program a valuation, match services with needs, increased accountability assessing the needs of specific undeserved subpopulations, resource allocation and decision-making, to act as an equalizer, A way to promote
What are the two types of needs
Community assessment and targeted assessments. We did targeted
Casual observations
First impression or gut reaction or intuition. It does not use scientific principles or formal design and a subject devices. Information is collected through casual personal observations. Tabulation and Anna analysis methods are not used. It requires minimal time and effort and few if any resources
Self check-in need to
Conscious attempt to apply some principles of needs assessment for example using short questionnaire is at sessions talking to others for judgement and dry and some conclusions. There is no formal design. The information is collected through discussion, informal interviews or short simple questionnaires information is tabulated manually. Numerical counts and probably percentages are made. There is little time and effort required some individuals probably do not need to be involved. Resources required include simple information collection instruments. The duration of the assessment is immediate and up to a few days
Do it yourself needs
Involve more systematic planning an application of principles of need Sussmans. Usually have surveys were interview/focus groups. Information is collected through questionnaires or tests, food records or reports, systematic observation or interviews or focus groups. Numerical counts and percentages and possibly others statistics. There is more time and effort involved and may take from several months to a year. There may be a written report
Field studies needs assessments
Greater attention is paid to scientific principle. Assessment is more involved and complex. There is before and after measures with a comparison group and possibly a control group. No ledge attitudes and behaviours are usually the items measured. Clinical and bio chemical s status may also be measured questionnaires interviews and other measures maybe used results are tabulated and analyzed by a computer study may last for several months up to a year
Scientific research needs assessment studies
Aim to identify complex problems. More complex and rigourous designs are used, knowledge attitudes and behaviours are measured. Clinical and bio chemical states and morbidity and mortality may also be measured. Information collected is at a greater depth. More complex statistical analysis is done computers are used nutritionist may or may not be involved in these studies
What are limitations of needs assessments
Lack of access to respondents, unwillingness buy some people to participate in any survey or study, purposely deceptive responses given by some, poorly written or confusing questions, that interpretation of results
When doing a need to Sussmans what three factors help to side which method to use
Time
Resources: funding and personnel
Knowledge
What are the common methods used in needs assessments
Secondary data sources, interview method, key informant method, focus groups, survey methods
Secondary data sources
Using existing data. There is often routinely collected types of data.
Advantages: cost and time effective, scope and amount of data available, relative ease of collecting the information
Disadvantages:May not contain all the needed information, technical knowledge is sometimes needed to access and analyze the data, the data may focus on a special segment of the population for example ethnic groups children adolescents and older adults
Examples include demographic literature reports clinical records
Interview methods what are the three types of interview methods
The collection of information from respondents through real time face-to-face or telephone contact. To do this you will need to establish rapport for the respondents to feel like ease and free to give candid responses
The three types are structured, semi structured and open ended.
Structured interviews are similar to surveys or questionnaires in that they use a set of specific questions with for specific response choices.
Send me a structured interview methods refer to the use of questions that offer a fix set of response choices but leave one or more unrestricted responses open to respondents to write in their own words.
Open ended or unstructured questions have no restriction for respondents.
Advantages and disadvantage is of structured questions
Advantages; questions can be read to the respondent or red and shown in writing, often easier to respond
Disadvantages: need to have a range of response choices, superficial responses, difficult to write questions other unambiguous and clear
Advantages and disadvantages of semi structured interviews
Advantages: provide respondents with viable and realistic and convenient response choices that they can select quickly while allowing for unique
Disadvantages: the likelihood that responded will choose from among the fix options whene perhaps a more accurate wants does not fit listed responses adequately
Open ended or unstructured interviews advantages and disadvantages
Qualitative responses, Reid arranged before complete responses, allows responses to be completed and qualified in the words of the respondent
Just advantages: reader amount of time needed to code responses, responses may not be easy to code, information does not lend itself to quantification
Advantages and disadvantage is of face-to-face interviews
Advantages: more detailed and richer information, opportunity to clarify responses and probe further information, opportunity to explain study, more questions can be asked, increase response rate, avoid problems of a literacy, new issues can be uncovered
Disadvantages: more expensive interviewer may bias data, Data coding more difficult or management tasks, maybe hard to contact people, longer to administer, sample size usually small
Advantages and this advantages of telephone interviews
Vantages: less expensive callbacks to make contact or obtain additional information simple and inexpensive, allows for clarification of questions and responses, could be done faster than other methods
Disadvantages: must be kept short interviewer may be viewed with suspicion because of connection with telephone solicitor, may not be representative as precluded people without telephone, several callbacks maybe necessary to contact
Key informant method disadvantages
Method presupposes the existence of a select group of people who hold or have access to most of the information needed to assess the target population. Examples are community leaders
Advantages are the ability of participants to completently address specific topics
Disadvantage call reliance on the small number of participants who may be biased in their perceptions