GUIDE AND TEMPLATE FOR

Planning & Workforce Development Section

CONNECTICUT

DEPARTMENT

OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Planning Branch

GUIDE AND

TEMPLATE FOR

COMPREHENSIVE

HEALTH IMPROVEMENT

PLANNING

Version 2.1

2009

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Bower, Carol E. 2009. Guide and Template for Comprehensive Health Improvement Planning,

Version 2.1. Hartford, CT: Connecticut Department of Public Health, Planning and Workforce

Development Section. 119 pp.

GUIDE AND TEMPLATE

FOR COMPREHENSIVE

HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLANNING

V. 2.1

Carol E. Bower

Lead Planning Analyst

Connecticut Department of Public Health

Planning Branch

Planning and Workforce Development Section

June, 2009

Contents

Contents 3

Introduction 5

PART ONE: OUTLINE OF THE PLANNING PROCESS 11

Convene a Planning Group 13

Create a Vision 14

Create a Mission Statement 15

Establish Priorities 15

Develop Goals 17

Develop Objectives 17

Identify Strategies 18

Create a Work Plan (Action Plan) 19

Evaluate the Overall Plan 19

Use the Plan 20

Choose Implementation Priorities 20

Review the Plan 21

PART TWO: ELEMENTS OF A HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN 23

Vision Statement 25

Mission 26

Goals 28

Objectives 30

Strategies 35

Work Plan and Action Plan 36

PART THREE: SETTING PRIORITIES 41

Introduction 43

Choosing and Organizing Major Priority (Focus) Areas for the Plan 43

Characteristics of a Successful Priority-Setting Process 45

Criteria for Choosing Priorities 46

Techniques for Reaching Consensus about Priorities 50

PART FOUR: PLAN TEMPLATE 59

Title Page 61

Credits and Acknowledgements 62

Contents 63

Lists of Tables and Figures 64

Executive Summary 67

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