Objectives

- Identify the elements for managing change toward PHC renewal; - Analyze the specific attributes of PHC renewal that guide health system organization; - Examine the different strategies for quality improvement in PHC-based health systems.

Description

This module presents the following contents:
PHC planning and organization: from demand to response to needs, teamwork and its implications in the process of organization of service delivery, participatory management models, community participation and social control mechanism and managing change in complex organizations. This module contains two assignments. The first is a case study focusing on the management model for PHC renewal from the perspective of health services networks. In the second, the participant is asked to characterize the central elements of the health services network management in his/her country and identify the missing elements from the perspective of the Renewal of PHC. The module’s Main Readings focus on the necessary changes in health systems for PHC renewal and will serve as inputs for the assignments and the forum. The forum will provide the opportunity to analyze the importance of managing changes for PHC renewal, based on the diversity of existing realities.

Details

Descriptors