Participatory systems analysis tools for improved health systems performance.
Target audience
Health Managers at different levels in the public, NGOs and private sector, front line workers, Pharmacy and allied health leaders, environmental health workers, and other health systems players at district and facility levels.
Purpose/rationale
To empower health managers and health professionals with skills to holistically analyse complex issues in their health system and identify key leverage points for intervention for an effective health system response.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, participants should be able to:
Understand key concepts of complex health systems
Know a range of health systems analysis tools/methodologies
Understand how to conduct and facilitate analysis of complex health issues using the various tools and methodologies presented to them
Interpret information generated using these tools/methodologies and identify key leverage points for intervention to strengthen their health systems
Type of activity
Monthly webinar series
Initial ideas on content
Upcoming planned session for 2021
Session 1 – 29th September 2021: Introduction to complex health systems and various tools for analysing complex health systems
Session 2 – 20th October 2021: Group Model Building methodology using Causal loop diagrams: Case studies from
Cote D’Ivoire (a case of HIV service provision following the disputed presidential election of 2010)
Nigeria (a case study in the Yobe State, in response to the Boko Haram insurgency between 2011 and 2014)
South Africa (a case of a maternal health service provision in Eastern Cape, South Africa addressing a context of chronic health systems adversity).
Session 3 – 10th November 2021: Social Network Analysis: Case studies on
Strengthening collaboration for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health services in Mpumalanga Province and
assessing patterns of supervisory relationships of ward-based outreach teams in North West province, South Africa
Time and length
1 hour 30 minutes sessions contact hours starting at 13h00
Possible collaborators
Dr Gina Teddy –Lecturer, School of Public Service and Governance, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Founder- Center for Health Systems and Policy Research at GIMPA
How to measure, evaluate, ‘see’ process and outcomes
Process
number of participants attending subsequent webinar sessions
level of participation and engagement/interest with the material
Outcomes
number of participants able to use the participatory analysis tools in their work
Introduction to complex health systems and various tools for analysing complex health systems