Prog planning

• Systematic planning


  • Forces planners to think through details in advance
  • Helps to make a programme transparent
  • Keeps the program stakeholders informed
  • Is empowering
  • Creates alignment

  
• Planning a health promotion programme

  1. Identify the problem

  2. Engage with the community

  3. Understand their needs and wants

  4. Develop ideas on solving the problem

  5. Write a rationale
• Program rationale


  • A rational argument as to why a particular health issue is worthy of a nutrition and health promotion intervention
  • Evidence as to why a particular project should receive organizational funding and resource support
• An important process that should not be taken lightly
• Planners need to have a sound rationale (researched idea) before making an appeal to the decision makers
• No formula for writing the rationale
• Logical format for a rationale


  • Goes from global terms to a focused solution
• Steps to develop a program rationale

  1. Situational analysis

  2. Write the title

  3. Write the content

  4. List the references
• Situational analysis


  • Reviewing the literature to understand the problem & approaches for dealing with it
  • Identifying useful information & data
  • Conducting a needs assessment
  • Showing how outcomes align with what decision makers value
  • Providing evidence that the programme will make a difference
  • Conducting a cost-benefit analysis

  
• If you fail to plan, your plan will fail