Program Design & Evaluation for Health Systems Strengthening (Coursera)

Program Design & Evaluation for Health Systems Strengthening (Coursera)

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

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Syllabus

WEEK 1
Introduction to health system strengthening
This module will introduce health systems strengthening, systems thinking, health systems frameworks and logic models, and the evaluation planning tool.

WEEK 2
Designing programs to strengthen the health system
This module will cover types of health systems strengthening programs and approaches to design health systems strengthening programs.

WEEK 3
Evaluating programs with a health system strengthening lens
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

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