Step 6: Review the Plan
Worksheet 6.2: Review your plan using a Population Health Approach lens Question
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Notes and potential actions
FOCUS ON HEALTH (Key Element 1): Did you carefully analyze health Yes inequities and set priorities using good data and explicit criteria? (Worksheets 1.1 and 2.3) FOCUS ON HEALTH (Key Element 1): Did you assess environments, conditions and circumstances related to your situation? (Worksheet 2.3) DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH (Key Element 2) Did you consider how the determinants of health, and their interactions, link to your situation and possible solutions? (Worksheet 2.3) BASE DECISIONS ON EVIDENCE (Key Element 3): Did you use explicit criteria for what to include as acceptable evidence? (Worksheet 1.2 question 7) BASE DECISIONS ON EVIDENCE (Key Element 3): Did you use a range of the best evidence available (some of which may have been collected/created by you) to inform your planning decisions? (Worksheet 2.1) BASE DECISIONS ON EVIDENCE (Key Element 3): Did you identify and assess effective activities? (Worksheets 2.4 and 4.2) UPSTREAM INVESTMENTS (Key Element 4): Does your plan include short, medium and long-term activities? (Worksheets 4.1 and 4.2) UPSTREAM INVESTMENTS (Key Element 4): Does your plan include roles (and possibly resources) from multiple sectors, not simply health sector alone? (Worksheets 1.2 , 1.3, and 4.3). MULTIPLE INTERVENTIONS AND STRATEGIES (Key Element 5): Does your plan include a mix of activities and strategies (Worksheets 4.1 and 4.2) that will: No
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Integrate common risk factors (e.g. poor nutrition, low physical activity, etc.) across multiple health outcomes. Deal with multiple points in the intended population’s lifespan. Work within multiple settings, such as the home, school, workplace and community.
Sample Plan
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Question
10 MULTIPLE INTERVENTIONS AND STRATEGIES (Key Element 5): Does your implementation plan make use of a variety of resources and supports including: (Worksheets 1.3 and 4.3)
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education
Notes and potential actions
communications leadership and promotion political support
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COLLABORATION (Key Element 6): Have you produced a document outlining values, purpose, objectives, expectations and obligations to create shared leadership, accountability and rewards among partners? (Worksheets 1.2 and 1.4) COLLABORATION (Key Element 6): Has your planning process created commitment such that participants champion the program and have created political and public support for it? (Worksheets 1.2 and 1.4) PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT (Key element 7): Does your plan identify an appropriate level of public involvement, and ways and means to capture public interest and involvement? (Worksheet 1.2) DEMONSTRATE ACCOUNTABILITY (Key Element 8): Does your plan identify baseline measures and targets, with practical indicators for both? (Worksheets 5.1 and 5.2) DEMONSTRATE ACCOUNTABILITY (Key Element 8): Does your planning process include a results-based evaluation/accountability framework, including a commitment to disseminate findings? (Worksheets 5.1 and 5.2)
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Sample Plan
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