A framework for place based health planning

David A. Yeboah, Zayed University

Document Type

Article

Source of Publication

Australian health review : a publication of the Australian Hospital Association

Publication Date

1-1-2005

Abstract

Place based health planning is an effective approach to health planning with enormous benefits including the use of local characteristics, organisations and partnerships to effectively and efficiently identify and prioritise needs, and develop and deliver programs and services. Despite its inherent advantages, place based health planning has not been extensively used by health professionals, neither has it been given adequate attention in the literature. This article provides a framework to guide and encourage health professionals to use place based health planning. The framework has three main parts, namely needs assessment, program planning and implementation, and covers most aspects of the identification of needs, and the development and delivery of programs and services to address those needs. The article also includes a proposed index of prioritisation to enable health professionals to prioritise needs and improve program and service provision.

ISSN

0156-5788

Publisher

CSIRO

Volume

29

Issue

1

First Page

30

Last Page

36

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

Keywords

article, classification, consumer, cooperation, government, health care planning, human, needs assessment, organization, organization and management, program development, public relations, vulnerable population, Community Health Planning, Consumer Participation, Cooperative Behavior, Government, Health Priorities, Humans, Interinstitutional Relations, Needs Assessment, Organizational Innovation, Program Development, Vulnerable Populations

Scopus ID

16844387144

Indexed in Scopus

yes

Open Access

yes

Open Access Type

Bronze: This publication is openly available on the publisher’s website but without an open license

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