Introduction to health promotion planning workshop
Description of workshop
This workshop introduces participants to planning in the context of
health promotion, including: working with many stakeholders;
addressing health in a broad context; and building upon community
capacities. Other topics covered include: developing situational
assessments, goals and objectives conducive to evaluation; and
selecting health promotion strategies and activities for programs. A
logic model framework will be used to guide the planning process.
Participants will gain a greater understanding of health promotion
planning through the workshop lectures, practical small group
exercises and comprehensive workbook.
Who Should Attend?
This introductory workshop is intended for health promotion
practitioners interested in comprehensive planning processes,
particularly those who can apply what they have learned to a specific
community or project.
Goal
To assist agencies and individuals involved in health promotion
initiatives to plan projects in organizational and community settings
Workshop Objectives
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to
- apply
a practical model of health promotion planning to planning projects
in organizational and community settings;
- conduct
a situational assessment for a health promotion project;
- develop
goals, objectives and success indicators for a health promotion
project;
- identify
strategies, activities, resources and timelines for a health promotion
project;
- understand
the link between planning and evaluation and be able to incorporate
program evaluation measures into the planning process.
Agenda
Please note
that this agenda is a sample only and is subject to change.
Day 1
8:30 a.m. Registration/refreshments
9:00 Introductions
- Overview of workshop: objectives, format and planning mode
- Warm-up exercise
9:20 Levels/types of project planning
9:45 Step 1: Pre-planning and project management
10:45 Break
11:00 Group exercise: Pre-planning and project management
11:30 Step 2: conduct a situational assessment
12:00 noon Lunch
1:00 Group exercise: Conduct a situational assessment
2:00 Step 3: Identify goals, population(s) of interest and objectives
2:30 Break
2:45 Step 3 continued
3:15 Group exercise: Identify goals, populations(s) of interest and
objectives
4:15 Review/preview
Day 2
8:30 a.m. Refreshmens and networking
9:00 Guest presentation
9:40 Step 4: Identify strategies, activities and resources
10:15 Group exercise: Identify strategies, activities and resource
10:45 Break
11:00 Step 5: Develop indicators
12:00 noon Lunch
1:00 Group exercise: Develop indicators
2:00 Planning and evaluation: How do they fit?
2:30 Break
2:45 Summary of planning model
- Review of developed plans
- Highlights/learnings
3:30 Evaluation forms
4:00 Closure
