Program Planning Flashcards
Whose support do you need the most
Top dogs
Who should you involve in planning
Recipients of the program
What should the rationale be specific to
The organization
What are stakeholders most concerned with
Protecting human resources
What are benefits of a program for the stakeholders
Cut costs for chronic diseases
What merits should you focus on
Those that match the values of the stakeholders
2 steps in creating a rationale
Needs/ social asessment
Epidemiological data
What could be some problems about asking people about their programs
Bias
May not tell you about the problems
Goal of needs assessment
Have a list of defined, prioritized problems needs and aspirations of the target population
4 things to identify in a needs assessment
Most significant health problem
Organizations capacity to solve problem
Most promising interventions
Communitys strengths, resources and assets
2 types of needs
Service needs
Service demands
Service needs
Problems and solutions deemed suitable by health professionals
Service demands
Problems and solutions deemed suitable by the people
Pros and cons of secondary data
Already available, inexpensive, time saving
May not be reliable and may not identify needs of target population
High Risk Strategies
People at high risk of a certain disease are targeted to receive health intervention
4 adavantages of high risk strategies
Appropriate for person receiving it
Motivation of practitioners and patients
Financial sensibility
Benefits are favorable over risks
4 disadvantages of high risk strategies
Medicalization of prevention
Results are palliative and temporary
Behavioural insufficiencies
Difficult to predict impact on entire population
Population based strategies
Targets entire population to decrease disease incidence and overall risk factors
What is the goal of population based strategies
To change behaviour and practices of the entire population
3 advantages of population based strategies
Radical- find root cause and erradicate it
Powerful potential for health gains
Behaviourally appropriate- works with social norms
2 limitations of population based approaches
Benefits are minimal to individuals
Lack of motivation for patients and practitioners
When do we use population based strategies
When the health problem has permeated the entire population
Health Promotion
Enabling people to increase control over and improve their health
What was motivational interviewing initially intended for
addictions
7 components in the spirit of motivational interviewing
Motivation to change from the client and isnt imposed
Clients task to articulate and resolve ambivalence
Direct persuasion is not effective
Counselling style is quiet and elicting
Counsellor is directive
Readiness to change is a fluctuating product of interpersonal interaction
Therapeutic relationship is more like a partnership
Guiding principles of motivational interviewing (RULE)
R- resisting the righting reflex
U- understand clients motivation
L- listen with empathy
E- empower your client
Co- active coaching
Coach and client are equal collaborators- help people help themselves
4 components of coaching
Client is naturally creative, resourceful and whole
Co- active coaching addresses the clients whole life
Agenda comes from the client
Aim is to evoke transformation
3 assumptions about clients
They have the answers or can find them
Dont need to fix the client
Often barriers to accessing answers
Coach’s role
Work with the client to deepen their learning and forward their action
Coach/ client relationship
Client gives and takes form relationship but coach only gives
Self- discolure
Alleviates psychological distress after traumatic events
What part of the brain does self discolsure stimulate
Mesolimbic dopamine system that responds to rewards
4 steps in creating a rationale
Identify appropriate background information
Title rationale
Write Content
List references
What is the first step in creating a rationale
Conducting a needs assessment
Cost- benefit analysis
Yield dollar benefit received from dollars invested
Return on investment
Costs of benefit versus the financial return
Evidence based practice
Find, appraise and use evidence as basis for decision making
What should you write first in the rationale
Identify health problem from a global (macro) perspective
Include economic costs
Problem Statement
Concise explanation of issue to be addressed
Why is it a problem and why should it be dealt with
Social Math
Translating statistics and data so it is interesting and meaningful to your audience
What are the last things to write in the rationale
Propose a solution
Explain why the program will be successful
10 planning committee guidelines
Represent variety of subgroups within population
Include somebody with the health problem
People interested in seeing program succeed
Include key person in organization sponsoring program
Representatives of other stakeholders
Committee membership reevaluated regularly
Periodically add new members
Be aware of the politics
Large enough to get work done, small to reach consensus
Multiple layers and subgroups
Institutionalized
Program becomes embedded in organization and is sustained and durable
Organizational Culture
Establishing a health supporting culture
Need
Difference between present situation and more desirable one
Needs Assessment
Identifying, analyzing and prioritizing needs of population to implement solution strategies
What is the most important step in planning
Needs Assessment
Capacity
Individual, organizational and community resources that enable community to take action
Community Capacity
Characteristics of the community that affect ability to identify, mobilize and address social and public health issues
2 situations when needs assessment is not conducted
One conducted recently for a similar program- limited resources
Funding agency deals with only one specific need
Categorical Funds
Mist be used for dealing with a specific disease
Capacity Building
Activities that enhance the resources of individuals, organizations, communities to improve their effectiveness and take action
Interactive contact methods
Primary data
No contact methods
Secondary data
Single Step Survey
Gather primary data from groups or individuals with a single contact
Self Report
Answering questions about themselves
Advantage of Single Step Survey
Quick to administer and requires little interpretation