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Program Design & Evaluation for Health Systems Strengthening

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Program Design & Evaluation for Health Systems Strengthening

This course is part of Evaluating Large-Scale Health Programs Specialization

Instructors: Jaya Gupta, PhD

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3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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Intermediate level

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8 hours to complete

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3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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Intermediate level

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8 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

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Taught in English

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This course provides an introduction to designing and evaluating to strengthen the health system. After successful completion of all learning activities, course participants will be able to:

1. Define health systems strengthening 2. Describe health systems frameworks and how to incorporate them into evaluation planning 3. Describe how to design and prioritize implementation of health systems programs 4. Detail approaches to evaluate health systems programs, including data sources and study design 5. Introduce tools to assist with evaluation planning and simple models to assess health system intervention impact 6. Describe how to interpret health system evaluation findings and sustainability and scalability implications The development of this course was supported by a grant from Government Affairs Canada (GAC) for the Real Accountability, Data Analysis for Results (RADAR) project.

Module details

This module will introduce health systems strengthening, systems thinking, health systems frameworks and logic models, and the evaluation planning tool.

What's included

11 videos3 readings1 assignment

11 videosTotal 64 minutes

Welcome to the course2 minutes
Learning objectives and outline1 minute
Introduction to health systems strengthening5 minutes
Systems thinking6 minutes
Program design and evaluation from a health systems strengthening perspective10 minutes
Learning objectives and outline1 minute
Health systems frameworks4 minutes
Applying a health systems lens to evaluation models (Part 1)9 minutes
Applying a health systems lens to evaluation models (Part 2)8 minutes
Learning objectives and outline1 minute
Introduction to the evaluation planning tool (EPT)18 minutes

3 readingsTotal 30 minutes

Overcoming health-systems constraints to achieve the Millennium Development Goals10 minutes
The application of systems thinking in health: why use systems thinking?10 minutes
Visualizing the drivers of an effective health workforce: a detailed, interactive logic model10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Module 1 Summative Exam30 minutes

This module will cover types of health systems strengthening programs and approaches to design health systems strengthening programs.

What's included

10 videos1 assignment

10 videosTotal 52 minutes

Welcome to Module 22 minutes
Learning objectives and outline0 minutes
Workforce interventions6 minutes
Supply chain interventions5 minutes
Information systems interventions8 minutes
Learning objectives and outline1 minute
Guiding principles for designing health systems strengthening programs6 minutes
Identifying and prioritizing opportunities: Part I10 minutes
Identifying and prioritizing opportunities: Part II10 minutes
Selecting health systems strengthening program4 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Module 2 Summative Exam30 minutes

This module will cover study designs, data sources, and methods to evaluate health systems strengthening programs. Finally, this module will conclude with implications of health system evaluation findings