The evaluation feedback mechanism from lgu-health units to national health planners in the Philippines : a case of the Province of Dinagat Islands /
Angelo C. De Guzman.
- 77 leaves : color illustrations
Graduate School of Public and Development Management
Upon decentralization of the powers of the national government through the Local Government Code, we look closely as to whether the shift in policy made a difference in our desired national health outcomes but in the context of and specific to the area of evaluation feedback mechanism when it comes to monitoring and evaluation of national policies and programs in the public health sector. The goals of devolution was to empower the Local Government Units under the assumption that given autonomy of budgetary allocation and prioritization, they will be better knowledgeable at handling public service delivery including health needs of a locality. The purpose of the study was to assess the evaluation feedback mechanism in the health sector, specifically in relative to the communication channels of the Rural Health Unit, Provincial Health Office, and Centers for Health Development of the Department of Health in the regional level. The researcher reviewed documents related to formal communications that were instituted in the government's system of feedback which includes the implementing rules of RA 6713, the National Tuberculosis Program's monitoring and evaluation directives and assessed them based on literature on modern management methods. However, to gauge the actual experience of implementing officers towards the feedback mechanism of their locality, questionnaires were filled up and a key informant interview was done and showed significant findings on the way feedback was done in a rural set up in relation to DOH directed local health policies and programs. And to differentiate between the researcher's experience and findings on the initial part of the study, feedback mechanisms and systems from two other government agencies were reviewed, assessed and compared to the locality of study and gauged against the technologies present at the time the study was conducted. Recommendations were aligned with the need of the local agency and its relation to provincial and regional health office functions, such as but not limited to the use of electronic mail for official letters, memoranda and the like, official radio communications in emergency or calamity situtations, SMS and MMS for official but not to so lengthy directives and information updates.
Rural health services. Community health aides. Community health services.