1. Public Health Planning and Analysis
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2. What is planning?
Determination of future course of actions in advance.
It is a blueprint of action and operation.
Planning is an intellectual process which is concerned with deciding in advance what, when, why, how and who shall do the work.
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3. WHAT IS HEALTH PLANNING
Health Planning is the identification and elaboration within existing resource constraints, of means and methods for providing in the future effective health care, relevant to the identified health needs, for a defined population.
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4. Conceptual Basis of Health Planning
To ensure that none of the individual components of the health care delivery system are being forgotten in the course of problem diagnosis or development of interventions.
It helps to focus on health issues..
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5. Purpose of Planning
Correctly identify community health needs and priorities;
Systematically assess the health care delivery system;
Define appropriate interventions based on identified problems;
Ensure equity in the distribution of services among the population;
Coordinate on-going health care activities, including ‘priority’ programs;
Determine resource requirements with respect to various plan components, and make efficient use of new and available resources.
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6. Aim and Objectives of Health Planning
To maintain and improve the health status of a given community through the provision of health services, which are:
accessible (e.g. geographic, financial, social),
effective and appropriate (service programs which successfully deal with high priority needs),
equitable (that those most in need will receive proportionally more care), and
of a quality to ensure their appropriate utilization.
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7. Rationale for planning
Translate policy into action.
Translate a National (Macro plan) into a District (Micro plan).
Re-planning on the basis of an existing plan for the purpose of reviewing existing health problems and needs and rendering services more effective and efficient;
Emergence of a new problem–AIDS, MDR or a problem configuration hitherto not recognized or paid sufficient attention to;
De novo planning of health services where no organized health care delivery system as yet or where an existing one is being extensively revised or re-organized.
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8. THE OUTLINE OF PLANNING
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9. THE BROADER CONTEXT OF PLANNING
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13. TYPES OF PLANNING Operational planning: Strategic Planning:
A set of procedures for making decisions about the organization’s long term goals and strategies.
Operational planning:
A set of procedures for translating broad strategic goals and plans into specific goals and plans that are relevant to a distinct portion of the organization, such as functional area like marketing.
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15. Types of Plans Micro plan Plan at the regional level Districts
Plan for services and interventions
Usually a short term
Operational perspective
Macro plan
Usually developed at higher levels
National or provincial
Usually long term
With strategic perspective
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19. Planning in Health Sector
Levels of Health Planning
Policy formulation
Macro-plans (National level).
Micro-plan (Interventional Plans)
usually at District/Provincial level
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20. PROCESS OF HEALTH PLANNING
SYSTEM REVIEW
SITUATION ANALYSIS
COLLECT INFORMATION ON STATUS OF HEALTH SYSTEM
REVIEW OF EXISTING PLAN
PLAN PREPARATION
IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT
IMPLEMENT PLAN MANAGE PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
MONITOR & EVALUATE PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
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21. OUR JOURNEY
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22. THE PLANNING CYCLE
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23. PLANNING CYCLE III. SITUATION ANALYSIS I. PLAN THE PLANNING
VI. SETTING PLAN OBJECTIVES AND TARGETS
VII. DETERMINATION OF RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS
V. DEVELOPMENT OF INTERVENTIONS
IV. REVIEW OF RESOURCE AVAILABILITY
III. SITUATION ANALYSIS
II. REVIEW OF POLICY GUIDELINES
I. PLAN THE PLANNING
XI. PLANNING FOR MONITORING AND EVALUATION
X. DEVELOPING THE PLAN OF OPERATIONS
VIII. ADJUSTING THE M & O SYSTEMS
IX. PREPARING THE BUDGET
IMPLEMENTATION
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24. 1. PLAN THE PLANNING
Deals with pre-requisites that have to be in place and issues that have to be resolved before the actual planning may start.
Establish identity and position of planning board.
Set up health planning team.
Determine context and level of planning.
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25. THE PLANNING TEAM
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26. Objective:
The objective of planning the Planning is to ensure that the planning process can be carried out smoothly.
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27. 1. PLAN THE PLANNING (Cont)
Determine specific terms of reference (TOR’s).
What has to be planned.
What are specific objectives of plan.
What is specific purpose of planning.
What is the target group.
For what period of time is the plan.
Identify resource available for timing, task, and responsibilities of planning exercise.
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28. 1. PLAN THE PLANNING (Cont)
Assign specific tasks and responsibilities to each member of planning body.
Develop the methodology for evaluating the planning tasks and product.
To what extent planning is needed?
Extent of effectiveness and efficiency.
Whether planning itself achieved its objective i.e., development of plan, time, and resource constraints.
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