When describing a health problem you need a situational analysis

1. SITUATION ANALYSIS
Prepared By Dr.Anees AlSaadi
Feb. 2014
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2. SITUATION ANALYSIS
• Outline:
– Planning Functions.
– What is a Situation Analysis?
– Why do a Situation Analysis?
– Situational Analysis Components/Types.
– Practical Exercise.
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3. WHAT ARE THE PLANNING FUNCTIONS?
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4. The Planning Functions
Planning for
Sustainability.
Situational
Analysis
Planning for
Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Problem
Identification
and Priority
Setting.
Planning for
Implementation.
Goals and
Objective
Setting.
Planning for
Resources.
Selection of the
alternative
Solutions.
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5. What is a Situation Analysis?
Collection,
Assessment,
Interpretation
CAI
of Information from:
Surveys,
Statistical Registry,
Reports
SSRR
To provide adequate BASIS FOR PLANNING.
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6. What is a Situation Analysis?
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Situational Analysis = WHERE ARE WE …?
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7. Why to do a Situation Analysis?
It forms the first step of a
planning often the first task
of a newly formed
Management Team.
Documenting the problems
and proposed strategies can
be used in monitoring and
evaluation.
It can bring the different
types and categories of
health worker together in a
team building exercise
It can form the basis for the
District Health Plan and
Health Report. Subsequent
reports can be regarded as
updates.
It identifies gaps in the information that
is available, and it contributes towards
the development of a health
information system.
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8. Why do a Situation Analysis?
The main purpose is to: identify different problems, target
population suffering, what problems exactly, where is the
problem and why such problems happened.
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9. Situational Analysis
Epidemiologic
Available
Community
Interventions
Demographic
Socioeconomic
Health and
other
Resources
Attitudes
and Beliefs
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10. Situational Analysis
Epidemiological Situational analysis:
Identifying the main public health problem and their:
Distribution, Trends, Mortality and Morbidity indices
and any Assessment Indicators e.g. BMI
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11. Situational Analysis: BURDEN
Morbidity
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Incidence
Prevalence
DALYs
Quality of Life
Complications
Risk
Factors
• Modifiable
• Non
Modifiable
Global.
Cost
International.
• Direct Cost
• Indirect Cost
Regional.
Mortality
• Mortality Rate
• Case Fatality
Rate
• Specific
Mortality Rate
Burden
Local.
Time
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12. Situational Analysis
EXAMPLE Epidemiological Situational analysis:
CDC Assignment Tuberculosis 1 printable 2003
Protected.docx
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13. Situational Analysis
Epidemiologic
Available
Community
Interventions
Socioeconomic
Demographic
Health and
other
Resources
Attitudes
and Beliefs
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14. Situational Analysis
Socioeconomic Situational Analysis:
Any critical conditions or activities that may have
direct or indirect implications on health.
Per capita and
family income.
Agricultural
Production.
Level of
Literacy
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15. Situational Analysis
EXAMPLE Socioeconomic Situational Analysis:
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16. Situational Analysis
Epidemiologic
Available
Community
Interventions
Socioeconomic
Demographic
Health and
other
Resources
Attitudes
and Beliefs
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17. Situational Analysis
Demographics
https://kwhs.wharton.upenn.edu/term/demographics/
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18. Situational Analysis
Demographic Situational Analysis:
The statistical data of a population.
It includes the study of the size, structure and distribution
of populations, and the changes in them in response to
birth, migration, aging and death.
Vital Rates
Distribution & % labor Forces.
Economically Active Population %
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19. Situational Analysis
EXAMPLE Demographic Situational Analysis
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20. EXAMPLE Demographic Situational Analysis
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21. Situational Analysis
Socioeconomic
Demographic
Epidemiologic
Available
Community
Interventions
Health and
other
Resources
Attitudes and
Beliefs
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22. Situational Analysis
Available Community Intervention Programs:
List the most important active prevention and control
programs in the country.
Smoking
Cessation
Program
ANC
Program
EPI
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23. Situational Analysis
EXAMPLE Community Intervention Programs:
Local
Regional:
GCC
Global:
WHO
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24. Situational Analysis
EXAMPLE Community Intervention Programs:
Youth Intervention Program
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25. Situational Analysis
Socioeconomic
Demographic
Epidemiologic
Available
Community
Interventions
Health and
other
Resources
Attitudes and
Beliefs
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26. Health and other Resources
Situational Analysis
Budget
Availability and
Accessibility
Utilization Pattern
Health Man Power
Analysis
Analysis of any other
Resources like Media
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27. Situational Analysis
Socioeconomic
Demographic
Epidemiologic
Available
Community
Interventions
Health and
other
Resources
Attitudes and
Beliefs
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28. Situational Analysis
Attitudes and Beliefs of the Population toward the health
problem or the intervention.
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29. Situational Analysis
EXAMPLE Attitudes and Beliefs :
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30. PRACTICAL EXERCISE
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31. ASSIGNMENT
Write a situational Analysis on one medical
problem of great public health concern:
– Common problem.
– Only 2 pages.
– To be submitted by Tomorrow (10.2.2014)
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