2. Planning is for tomorrow….
Management is for today
WHAT IS PLANNING?
The process of …..
Setting goals,
Developing strategies and…..
Outlining tasks and schedules to accomplish the
goals.
Planning is deciding in advance what to do,
how to do and who is to do it.
3. Cont….
It bridges the gap between where we are to,
where we want to go.
It makes possible things to occur which would
not otherwise occur.
Purpose of planning are…..
Match the limited resources with problems
Eliminate wasteful expenditure or its duplication
Develop best course of action to achieve the
objectives
5. Development
planning
The purpose of National Planning is to achieve a
rapid, balanced, economic and social development of
the country as a whole.
Health planning is a part of National planning and it
is required for the economic utilization of…..
Material,
Manpower and….
Financial resources for improving the health services.
6. National Health Planning
Definition: The orderly process of -
Defining community health problems,
Identifying unmet needs
Surveying the resources to meet them,
Establishing priority goals that are realistic and
feasible and
Projecting administrative action to accomplish
the purpose of the proposed programme.
7. Health needs and
Demands
Health needs: Deficiencies in health that call
for preventive, curative, control or eradication
measures.
Some needs are well perceived by the
community, some are vaguely perceived while
some needs are perceived by the policy
makers and not by the community.
9. Planning – end result
OBJECTIVE: It is a precise point to be achieved
following the implementation of a development
proposal/plan.
It may or may not be achieved and is the end-point of
all activities.
TARGET: It is a discrete activity that is to be fulfilled in
order to achieve the objective.
It indicates the degree of achievement of the
objectives.
Objectives are concerned with the problems directly
while the target is concerned with the factors
influencing the problem
10. Cont….
GOAL: The ultimate desired state towards which
objectives and resources are directed. It may be
described in terms of –
What is to be attained?
The extent to which it is to be attained;
The population or section of environment involved.
The geographic area in which the proposed programme
will operate; and
The proposed length of time required.
Unlike objectives and targets it has no time constraints,
resource limitation or necessarily attainable
12. Elements of a plan
OBJECTIVES….
POLICIES….
PROGRAMMES…
SCHEDULES &…
BUDGET
13. Programme
It is a sequence of activities designed to
implement policies and accomplish objectives.
Step by step approach to guide the action
necessary to reach a predetermined goal.
It requires close integration with the
objectives.
14. Cont…
SCHEDULE: It is the time sequence for the
work to be done.
PROCEDURES: It is the set of rules for carrying
out work which when observed by all will help
ensure maximum utilization of resources and
efforts.
POLICIES: These are a set of guiding principles
for carrying out a work and not rigid
commandments.
15. Schedule…. (Gantt chart)
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1. Index case
finding
locating
address
2. Staff
recruitme
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3. Pretesting
4. Data
collection
and data
entry
5. Analysis
(Interim)
6. Analysis ,
validation
and report
writing
16. Pre-planning
It is the preparation of planning with
preconditions of…
Government interest: strong “political will”
Administrative capacity for proper coordination
of activities and implementation of plans
Legislation: policies translated to legislation
Organization for planning: eg planning
commission
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Planning cycle….in a nutshell
Policy
‘where are we now”
HNA
Where to go
• Needs
• Evidence
• Resources
• Public opinion
How to do it
Monitoring and Evaluation
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Planning cycle
1. Analysis of the health situation
a) Population statistics
b) Statistics of morbidity and mortality
c) Manpower (HR)
d) Existing medical care facilities
e) Geographical distribution and epidemiology
f) Training facilities available
g) Attitudes and beliefs
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2. Establishment of objectives and goals
a) Should be established at all levels
b) It should be set by a person having authority.
c) The goal should be realistic.
d) It should be specific.
e) Acceptability
f) Easily measurable
Cont…
*Objectives are not only guide to action but yardstick to
measure the work after it is done
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3. Assessment of resources
a) Manpower
b) Money
c) Materials
d) Skills and knowledge
e) Technical needs
Cont…
*A balance should be struck between requirements
and availability
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4. Fixing priorities
What determines priorities?
Alternate plans developed….
5. Write formulated plans
a) Must be complete in all respect to execute
the project
b) Detailed detecting input and output
c) Contained working guidance for execution
d) Evaluation should be built in
Cont…
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6. Programming and implantation
a) Assign and fix responsibilities
b) Define roles and tasks
c) Selection, training, motivation and supervision
d) Organization and communication
e) Efficiency of health institutions
Cont…
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7. Monitoring
Continuous process of observing, recording
and reporting on the activities of the
organization or project
8. Evaluation
Measures the degree to which objectives and
targets are fulfilled and the quality of results
obtained
Cont…