Health & Nutrition:
Human Health

APPENDIX D

KEY COMPONENTS OF HEALTH STRATEGIC PLANNING MODELS

An overview of health strategic planning models conducted by the Decisions for Health Management Team revealed a number of basic principles or key components common to all. Not surprisingly, these key components represent many of the elements essential to successful community development and community empowerment programs regardless of their subject area focus.

Key Components Included:

• Preconditions

  Driven by local recognition and definition of health care issues

  Community willingness/readiness to take an active role regarding its health care system

  Individual leaders and members of the community willingness/readiness to be engaged in the process of local health care system reform

  Participation by invitation only - implies a degree of readiness to be involved that is recognized by the organizers of the strategic planning process

  Endorsement by the community power structure

• Process Components

  Includes deliberate organizational development activities

  Flexible definition of leadership

  Flexible and evolving strategic planning methodologies

  Recognized importance of people skills and process skills

  A facilitator led process

• Institutionalizing or Post Conditions

  Coalitions and collaborations, both within and beyond the local community

  Linkages, especially vertically beyond the local community

  Not health care provider dominated

  Agency commitment to institutionalize the strategic plan

Some of the community health strategic planning models reviewed were:

Missouri Rural Innovations Institute
Contact Person:
Jim Preston, Director
Missouri Rural Innovation Institute
529 Clark Hall
Columbia, Missouri 65211

Community Health Services Development Program (CHSD)
Contact Person:
Peter House, Director
Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine
HQ-30
University of Washington
3747 - 15th Avenue, NE, #11
Seattle, Washington 98195

Community Voices
Contact Person:
Shirley Calloway, Project Director
Community Voices
North Carolina A & T State University
1601 East Market, Coltrane Hall, Room 119
Greensboro, North Carolina 27407

Hometown Health
Contact Person:
Clair E. Hein
Iowa State University Extension
Northeast Area Extension Office
3420 University Avenue, Suite B
Waterloo, Iowa 50701

Community Decision Making In Rural Hospital Communities
Contact Person:
Paul B. McGinnis, Project Director
Mountain State Health Group
1193 Royvonne Avenue, SE, Suite 14
Salem, Oregon 97302