Study Group - Implementation Flashcards
What is involved in implementation of health programs?
- Coordinating logistics to train volunteers & staff
- Monitoring progress
- Delivering program
- Evaluating effectiveness & sustainability of program
What should HES do first when preparing to implement health program? Why?
Project or Work Plan b/c a well developed work plan ensures fidelity of implementation
What is a project or work plan?
- Detailed road map for how program goals will be achieved
- Should be aligned with logic model or strategic plan for program
- Used to identify needed services so HES can acquire them
What needs to be included in a strong work plan?
- Goals
- Objectives
- Activities
- Timelines
- Evaluation measures
- Roles & responsibilities involved in implementing specific aspects of plan
- Intervention mapping
Steps of intervention mapping
- Assessment of problem
- Prioritizing determinants of IM
- Program Design
- Program construction
- Program implementation
- Program evaluation
What is a part of IM ‘assessment of problem’?
- Logic model
- Ecological model domains
What is included in IM ‘prioritizing determinants of IM’?
Ranking priorities based on changeability & level of impact
What is included in IM ‘program design’?
- Use theory to assist in method selection & strategies
- Ensure theories compliment one another & are accurately interpreted/applied
What is included in IM ‘program construction’? How can HES ensure to have high fidelity?
- Program development
- Detailed methods & strategies = high fidelity
What is part of IM ‘program implementation’?
Training of staff
What needs to be considered and used in IM ‘program evaluation’?
- Use logic model as guide
- Test for rigor
What are the types of resources needed for implementation of work plan?
- Personnel
- Curriculum & Instructional
- Space
- Equipment
- Financial
What is an MOU/MOA?
Document that captures and outlines agreement and principles of that agreement between 2 parties
MOU
Memorandum of Understanding
MOA
Memorandum of Agreement
What obligations/requirements must HES follow when implementing health programs?
- Guidelines & legal standards for their organization & organization providing funding
- State & local laws, rules, regulations
- Funding announcements or solicitations
- Award notices
- Guidance documents
- Any restrictions of how funds can be used
Paperwork Reduction Act (1995)
Helps reduce paperwork burden & maximize information collection
Rehabilitation Act (section 508)
Federal agencies must make websites, electronic material, & other information technology accessible to people with disabilities
Plain Writing Act (2010)
Federal agencies must use “clear communication that public can understand & use”
What is fidelity?
Degree of correspondence between program as intended & program is actually implemented in designated order
What should not happen when adapting programs?
Substantial modification or elimination of core program elements
What should training staff & volunteers consist of/include?
- Program objectives
- Intended outcomes
- Logic model
- Core elements (program content & steps)
- Instruction of their role
- Offer guidance & opportunities to practice their roles
What should be used when training program staff & volunteers?
Training manual (AKA Program procedural manual)
What is a training manual used for?
Used to communicate step-by-step plans for program