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PubMed2000

Assessing risk communication effectiveness: perspectives of agency practitioners.

A study conducted by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a US public health agency, evaluated ATSDR's risk communication process, specifically the roles and responsibilities, planning, implementation, and coordination of activities in response to illegal indoor spraying of methyl parathion, a hazardous pesticide, in Pascagoula, MS. Interviews of staff members involved in the intervention were conducted and an analysis revealed strengths and areas in need of improvement in the design and implementation of risk communication strategies. Key recommendations included developing a clear strategy for planning and conducting communication activities; determining staff roles and responsibilities for coordination; and developing clear and consistent health messages, a dissemination strategy, and training in the delivery and evaluation of messages, effects, and outcomes.

Air Pollutants↗
PubMed1998

Waking the health plan giant: Group Health Cooperative stops counting sheep and starts counting key tobacco indicators.

Implementing a comprehensive approach to decreasing tobacco use in a large health plan requires hard work and commitment on the part of many individuals. We found that major organisational change can be accomplished and sustained. Keys to our success included our decision to remove access barriers to our cessation programmes (including cost); obtaining top leadership buy-in; identifying accountable individuals who owned responsibility for change; measuring key processes and outcomes; and finally keeping at it tenaciously through multiple cycles of improvement.

Adult↗
PubMed2003

Human resources for health in Palestine: a policy analysis. Part II. The process of policy formulation and implementation.

This article is the presentation of part II of the analysis aiming at providing an insight and better understanding of human resources for health development within a conflicting and transitional context. This part focuses on the human resources for health (HRH) policy development in Palestine taking into consideration the critical elements in policy formulation and implementation, such as sound data based policy and planning, key stakeholders, role and implications of international cooperation. Moreover, it examines recent progress of HRH policy and constraints for implementation. Part I addresses the current situation and recent developments in HRH in Palestine.

Arabs↗
PubMed2001

A client-centered approach to family planning: the Davao project.

The reproductive health approach to family planning shifts the focus of service provision from macro-level demographic objectives to meeting clients' needs. Little field experience exists to date, however, to indicate how to implement this approach. This study describes a field project in Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley provinces in the Philippines that implemented the reproductive health approach on a quasi-experimental basis. The intervention was designed to address clients' self-defined reproductive needs by providing them with relevant and accurate information and services of good quality. It consisted of two components: Providers were trained in information exchange at fixed clinics, and supervisors were trained in facilitative supervision. The results presented here indicate that the client-centered intervention was successful in enhancing service providers' knowledge and improving the content of information exchange between providers and clients. One provincial health officer has expanded the intervention throughout his province, while other provinces are interested in duplicating the model.

Adult↗
PubMed1998

Prioritization in community health planning: combining methods to achieve implementable priorities.

Community Health Planning (CHP) is one of the tools that states and localities use to develop health policies and programs. The author argues that, for CHP to succeed, it must include both positive/hierarchic data as well as interpretive information. To augment the discussion, the author discusses the State of Tennessee's effort to revamp its public health mission and strategies as specifically implemented in one county. The author contrasts the two types of data generated and argues that each has a legitimate claim in the CHP process: the "positive" data in the form of epidemiological statistics to inform the stakeholders and the "interpretive data" in the form of stakeholder participation for ownership of the process. The author then draws implications for states and localities to use diverse information sources as they improve services and service delivery to citizens and recipients.

Community Health Planning↗
PubMed2000

Evaluation of the first strategic plan for Aboriginal health in south western Sydney, 1993-98.

The 1993-98 Aboriginal Health Strategic Plan for South Western Sydney represented the first partnership of its kind between an Area Health Service, local Aboriginal Health Workers and the local Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service in Australia. During 1998, an evaluation of the plan was undertaken as part of the preparation for the second Aboriginal Health Plan. Of the 45 strategies in the first plan, 38% had been fully implemented, 42% had been partly implemented, and 20% were not implemented at all. This paper discusses the importance of data collection and monitoring systems, the integration of Aboriginal health into mainstream services, the further development of Aboriginal health infrastructure, and continued leadership by senior managers.

Child↗
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Health reform in Greece: planning and implementation of a national health system.

The health system in Greece has for many years been in a state of continuous crisis. The basic aspects of this crisis involve: a fragmented administrative framework; low level of public expenditure; a significant private sector; inadequate hospitals; skewed manpower; and, a low level of primary care. In 1983, the National Health System (ESY) was established, as an effort to improve the above situation. This article presents the context of the ESY and the situation of the health system prior to and after the establishment of the ESY. The conclusion drawn is that many of the goals of the ESY have not been achieved or only partly achieved, and that a number of the above serious problems still persist.

Greece↗
PubMed1994

Fighting back against America's public health enemy number one.

Fighting Back is a comprehensive substance abuse program operating in 14 communities spread throughout the United States. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has committed more than $45 million over a 7-year period to plan and implement innovative, community-wide initiatives in Columbia, SC; Charlotte, NC; Kansas City, Mo; Little Rock, Ark; Northwest New Mexico; Milwaukee, Wis; New Haven, Conn; Newark, NJ; Oakland, Calif; San Antonio, Tex; Santa Barbara, Calif; Vallejo, Calif; Washington, DC; and Worcester, Mass. In this article the work in progress at the end of 18 months of a 5-year implementation program in each site is reported. A Fighting Back National Program Office operates from a base at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. The senior staff of this office highlights the process that has unfolded to date, describes some of the sources of encouragement, and discusses some of the critical issues and sources of concern. A "Call to Action" on the part of the federal government is included.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1989

Rural volunteer ombudsman programs.

We examine benefits and difficulties surrounding the effective implementation of a long-term care volunteer ombudsman program in a rural setting. Discussion focuses on the uniqueness of each rural community and potential strategies that can be mixed and matched to meet individual community needs. We consider implications for the development and implementation of ombudsman programs in rural areas.

Aged↗