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A Guide to Developing Public Health Programmes

A generic programme logic model

Public Health Intelligence Occasional Bulletin No. 35


Date of Publication: 7 April 2006

ISBN 0-478-29914-1 (Book)
ISBN 0-478-29917-6 (Internet)

HP 4215

The Ministry of Health has developed a Guide to Developing Public Health Programmes, Generic Programme Logic Model to help people design and implement comprehensive, effective and measurable public health programmes that will deliver improved public health outcomes.

By developing a systematic programme logic for each public health programme, we aim to be able answer questions such as the following:
  • How do we know the programme delivered better health? Are we measuring the outcomes adequately?
  • What components are missing from the programme?
  • Was resourcing adequate for each component of the programme and for the programme as a whole?
  • Was the intervention mix effective? Was it based on evidence? Does it reflect the principles of the 1986 Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion?
  • Do new interventions need to be developed to have a comprehensive range of interventions available for each component of the programme?
  • Which parts of the programme are working? Which parts of the programme are not working? Do resources need to be refocused?

A comprehensive programme should be consistent with the Ottawa Charter and focus on:
  • a defined population’s health
  • addressing the determinants of health
  • reducing health inequalities
  • addressing Māori health by promoting the concept of whanāu ora
  • using evidence-based interventions
  • maximising the resources available
  • being outcomes focused.

The development of such programmes is an ambitious task; this guide is to help make it happen. The guide describes a generic programme logic model and checklist that are designed to guide people through the steps of developing a thorough public health programme.
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