Week 11: Program Management Informatics Flashcards
CAT (components, activities, and target groups):
Activities are first clustered thematically into components for the program under review.
Ie. suicide prevention program for youth might include the components of risk assessment, crisis intervention and peer support
Activities: specific intervention strategies to be used for each component
Ie. training youth workers in crisis management and developing community supporters for youth in crisis.
Target groups: intended recipients of a program
Ie. youth who are homeless or dislocated from their families, immigrant or refugees having difficulty in school, front line workers for youth in health and social services organizations
Gantt charts
Tabular format, used to present the sequence and timing of activities that must take place in order to accomplish the specific objectives of the program/project.
Multiple Intervention Program (MIP) framework
- Edward and Moyer (1999)- reflect the integration of self-care capacity and action, collective care capacity and action and environmental supports
- Uses an iterative cycle
- Cons: short duration of programs and did not allow enough time for policy change, not planning for long-term sustainability and inadequate funding
Consists of 5 elements
Multiple Intervention Program (MIP) framework
- Edward and Moyer (1999)- reflect the integration of self-care capacity and action, collective care capacity and action and environmental supports
- Uses an iterative cycle
- Cons: short duration of programs and did not allow enough time for policy change, not planning for long-term sustainability and inadequate funding
Consists of 5 elements
Steps for planning- implementation-evaluation cycle:
-Conducting a situational analysis or community assessment
- identifying the problems/issues of concern
-considering possible solutions or actions to address the problem
-selecting the best alternatives
-designing and implementing the program
-monitoring and evaluating the program
-analyzing and interpreting results of the monitoring and evaluation process
-using the results to make modifications to the program or to inform decisions about other programs
Aim to improve the health of groups of people while reducing health inequalities and their underlying determinants
population health approach
What does the precede proceed planning model enable?
Enables the community program developer to think logically about the desired end point and work backward to achieve that goal.
What does the program evaluation tool kit incorporate the use of?
Incorporates the use of logic model and identifies which evaluation processes may be used to inform decision making during program planning and implementation.
Program Logic Model
- used extensively in many public health agencies, both regional and municipal levels, provincial and federal agencies
-Provide a coherent structure for complex health programs, help to expose gaps and yield an interview of programs with appealing visual clarity.
-provide a means of documenting “ what the program is supposed to do, with whom, and why”
What is the goal of SOLO (short-term outcomes and long term outcomes)?
Goal: to identify program outcomes
Short term: immediate and direct results of the program ie. building the knowledge and skills of youth workers to identify and support youth in crisis
Long-term: reflect the ultimate goals of the program ie. reducing youth suicide rates
SWOT (strengths, weakness, opportunities, and threats) analysis:
Identifies internal strengths and weaknesses of the organization or program, along with external opportunities and threats.
-involved document and policy reviews, community meetings, key informant interviews and focus groups
- helps individuals planning a program to ensure it will be adequately staffed and resourced
- SWOT analysis may assist in determining the feasibility of initiating or continuing a program and may help identify potential service delivery partners
-used as part of strategic planning process when managers are developing long-term plans for their organizations
List four factors that influence the choice of a program planning and evaluation framework.
- Most community health agencies will have a standard planning framework that’s is used across departments
- The use of a particular framework may be a requirement for those who fund programs, as this allows them to compare results across funded programs
- A framework may be chosen because it helps detail a particular aspect of the planning process that is vexing or challenging
- May be influenced by a set of underlying values or principles that will guide programs such as participatory development or social justice
identify some tools commonly used in planning programs
Program logic model: used in public health agencies
CAT , Precede-procesed planning model , SWOT
Qualitative research: individual interviews, focused groups
Quantitative research
identify the three principles of priority setting
- Buy-in: discussing the problem with community members and stakeholders; involving the community in the process of setting priorities; invite for their input during critical phases
- Transparency: selecting priorities is made apparent to individuals who were not directly involved. Key stakeholders are able to understand how you got from point A to point B
- Communication: internal and external communication process
- Internal: identification of priorities are linked to approval mechanisms for program funding ie. using technologies
- Externally: communicating to partners who have provided input on the program and to the public; citizen engagement approaches
list the five main elements of the MIP frameworks
- Identify Health issue, burden of illness and Inequity Gaps
- Describe Sociocultural Features
- Consider Intervention Options
- Maximize Intervention Impact: consider strategies that have demonstrated effectiveness and are theoretically sound
- Assess implementations, Impact and Consequences
