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Evaluation of Croatian model of polycentric health planning and decision making

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  • Sogoric, Selma
  • Dzakula, Aleksandar
  • Rukavina, Tea Vukusic
  • Grozic-Zivolic, Sonja
  • Lazaric-Zec, Danijela
  • Dzono-Boban, Ankica
  • Brborovic, Ognjen
  • Lang, Slobodan
  • Vuletic, Silvije

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Objective To determine the progress in the development and implementation of health policies on a county level resulting from the learning-by-doing training provided through the County Public Health Capacity Building Program started in 2001 in Croatia.Methods Modular training using management tools, public health theory and practice, and SMDP's Healthy Plan-it(TM) tool, followed by the self-evaluation of the progress made by county teams in health needs assessment and health policy development, implementation, and assurance. Fifteen county teams consisting of politicians, executive officers, public health professionals, and community members.Results Twelve of 15 county teams completed the program. The teams made progress in the evaluated areas, although to a different extent, which did not depend on the amount of time they had or the governance experience. The differences in improvement depended on the differences in the strength of political, executive, and professional components of the teams. Teams with a strong political and/or executive component, but weak public health professional and community components made major improvements in policy development and/or assurance function, but performed less well in the health needs assessment and constituency building. The reversed was also true.Conclusion Learning-by-doing training program improved public health practices on a county level in Croatia.

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  • Sogoric, Selma & Dzakula, Aleksandar & Rukavina, Tea Vukusic & Grozic-Zivolic, Sonja & Lazaric-Zec, Danijela & Dzono-Boban, Ankica & Brborovic, Ognjen & Lang, Slobodan & Vuletic, Silvije, 2009. "Evaluation of Croatian model of polycentric health planning and decision making," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 89(3), pages 271-278, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:89:y:2009:i:3:p:271-278
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