Program Planning Flashcards
(147 cards)
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