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SITUATION ANALYSIS
Prepared By Dr.Anees AlSaadi
Feb. 2014
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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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WHAT ARE THE PLANNING FUNCTIONS?
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The Planning Functions
Situational Analysis
Problem Identification and Priority
Setting.
Goals and Objective Setting.
Selection of the alternative Solutions.
Planning for Resources.
Planning for Implementation
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Planning for Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Planning for Sustainability.
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What is a Situation Analysis?
Collection,Assessment,Interpretation
of Information from:Surveys, Statistical Registry,Reports
To provide adequate BASIS FOR PLANNING.
CAI
SSRR
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What is a Situation Analysis?
Situational Analysis = WHERE ARE WE …?
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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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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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Situational Analysis
Epidemiologic Demographic Socioeconomic
Available Community
Interventions
Health and other
Resources
Attitudes and Beliefs
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Situational Analysis
Epidemiological Situational analysis:Identifying the main public health problem and their:
Distribution, Trends, Mortality and Morbidity indicesand any Assessment Indicators e.g. BMI
BURDEN
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Situational Analysis: BURDEN
Bur
den Mortality
• Mortality Rate• Case Fatality
Rate• Specific
Mortality Rate
Morbidity• Incidence• Prevalence• DALYs • Quality of Life• Complications
Risk Factors• Modifiable• Non
ModifiableCost• Direct Cost• Indirect Cost
Time
Global.
International.
Regional.
Local.
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Situational Analysis
CDC Assignment Tuberculosis 1 printable 2003 Protected.docx
EXAMPLE Epidemiological Situational analysis:
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Situational Analysis
Epidemiologic Socioeconomic Demographic
Available Community
Interventions
Health and other
Resources
Attitudes and Beliefs
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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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Situational Analysis EXAMPLE Socioeconomic Situational Analysis:
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Situational Analysis
Epidemiologic Socioeconomic Demographic
Available Community
Interventions
Health and other
Resources
Attitudes and Beliefs
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Situational Analysis
Demographics
https://kwhs.wharton.upenn.edu/term/demographics/
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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 RatesDistribution & % labor Forces.Economically Active Population %
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Situational Analysis
EXAMPLE Demographic Situational Analysis
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EXAMPLE Demographic Situational Analysis
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Situational Analysis
Socioeconomic Demographic Epidemiologic
Available Community Interventions
Health and other
Resources
Attitudes and Beliefs
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Situational Analysis
Available Community Intervention Programs:List the most important active prevention and control
programs in the country.
ANC Program
EPI
Smoking Cessation Program
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Situational Analysis
Global: WHO
Regional: GCC
Local
EXAMPLE Community Intervention Programs:
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Situational Analysis
Youth Intervention Program
EXAMPLE Community Intervention Programs:
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Situational Analysis
Socioeconomic Demographic Epidemiologic
Available Community
InterventionsHealth and other Resources
Attitudes and Beliefs
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Situational Analysis
Hea
lth
and
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r R
esou
rces
Budget
Availability and Accessibility
Utilization Pattern
Health Man Power Analysis
Analysis of any other Resources like Media
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Situational Analysis
Socioeconomic Demographic Epidemiologic
Available Community
Interventions
Health and other
ResourcesAttitudes and Beliefs
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Situational Analysis
Attitudes and Beliefs of the Population toward the health problem or the intervention.
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Situational Analysis
EXAMPLE Attitudes and Beliefs :
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PRACTICAL EXERCISE
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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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